Henrys Freedom Box

A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award winning artist.Henry Brown doesn t know how old he is Nobody keeps records of slaves birthdays All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse Henry grows up and marries, but he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do He will mail himself to the North After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday his first day of freedom. Free Download [ Henrys Freedom Box ] By [ Ellen Levine ] – kino-fada.fr Ellen Levine s Henry s Freedom Box is a book that tugs at all of one s emotions It makes one angry, sad, despairing, happy And above all, it should make any reasonable, any compassionate human being indignant at the inhumanity of slavery and strive for liberty, justice and equality for all In fact, I think that Henry s Freedom Box should be required reading in every elementary school classroom, not only in the United States of America, but globally That Henry Brown has basically no rights, t Ellen Levine s Henry s Freedom Box is a book that tugs at all of one s emotions It makes one angry, sad, despairing, happy And above all, it should make any reasonable, any compassionate human being indignant at the inhumanity of slavery and strive for liberty, justice and equality for all In fact, I think that Henry s Freedom Box should be required reading in every elementary school classroom, not only in the United States of America, but globally That Henry Brown has basically no rights, that slaves are considered merely property and can be sold as though they were furniture, horses, cows etc is both mind boggling and an assault on all that is decent And that Henry would be willing to actually mail himself in a wooden crate to an area of the United States where there is no slavery, in spite of the extreme dan...This was a phenomenal book that taught about Henry Brown During slavery he was married and had children, but when their master struggled with money they were sold to a different owner He escaped slavery by being shipped in a box t...This is another book that I was reading for the Children s Book Club for Black History Month and I will admit that I just loved this book to death Henry s Freedom Box is a Caldecott Honor Book by Ellen Levine along with illustrations by Kadir Nelson and it is about a runaway slave named Henry Box Brown who thinks of a clever plan to get out of slavery after his family is sold Henry s Freedom Box is a truly inspiring and dramatic book for children who want to learnabout the horrors This is another book that I was reading for the Children s Book Club for Black History Month and I will admit that I just loved this book to death Henry s Freedom Box is a Caldecott Honor Book by Ellen Levine along with illustrations by Kadir Nelson and it is about a runaway slave named Henry Box Brown who thinks of a clever plan to get out of slavery after his family is sold Henry s Freedom Box is a truly inspiring and dramatic book for children who want to learnabout the horrors of slavery.I am so glad that I had the opportunity to read this book because I wanted to learnabout black history, being that this is black history month and I wanted to learnabout the horrors of slavery for blacks Ellen Levine had done an excellent job at writing this true story about Henry Box Brown s clever escape from slavery I loved how Ellen Levine made this story extremely dramatic and breathtaking at the same time as I was really moved by Henry s loss of his family and how he wanted to escape from the cruel life of...I read this as one of six books chosen by the Children s Books group s Picture Books Club for its February theme of Black History Month.The subtitle of this book is A True Story from the Underground Railroad It s the true story of Henry Box Brown, a man who mailed himself to freedom, to a state where there was no slavery Before I read this, I thought that it was a historical fiction story I didn t realize that this was a true story until I read it This book is a seamless mix of highly dis I read this as one of six books chosen by the Children s Books group s Picture Books Club for its February theme of Black History Month.The subtitle of this book is A True Story from the Underground Railroad It s the true story of Henry Box Brown, a man who mailed himself to freedom, to a state where there was no slavery Before I read this, I thought that it was a historical fiction story I didn t realize that this was a true story until I read it This book is a seamless mix of highly disturbing very uplifting This book did a magnificent job of describing horrific events in a way suitable fo...Reviewed for THC Reviews Henry s Freedom Box is a wonderful storybook for teaching younger children about slavery and the Underground Railroad It is the true story of Henry Box Brown who mailed himself to freedom Henry s bravery and ingenuity were inspiring to read about It is very sad that Henry lost his entire family when they were sold and apparently was never reunited with them, but it seems that his pain may have been a driving force in his quest for freedom He also became an internati Reviewed for THC Reviews Henry s Freedom Box is a wonderful storybook for teaching younger children about slavery and the Underground Railroad It is the true story of Henry Box Brown who mailed himself to freedom Henry s bravery and ingenuity were inspiring to read about It is very sad that Henry lost his entire family when they were sold and apparently was never reunited with them, but it seems that his pain may have been a driving force in his quest for freedom He also became an internationally renowned spokesperson for the Underground Railroad and abolition...Excellent biography of Henry, a slave who mails himself to freedom with help from white friends on the underground railroad I love that it conveyed the issues and emotions so poignantly and powerfully without being too graphic or bogged down I just felt so in tune with what Henry was going through I mean, obviously I have no idea what it must have really been like, but kudos to the author and illustrator for making me feel like I was there and that my heart had been on a remarkable journe Excellent biography of Henry, a slave who mails himself to freedom with help from white friends on the underground railroad I love that it conveyed the issues and emotions so poignantly and powerfully without being too graphic or bogged down I just felt so in tune with what Henry was going through I mean, obviously I have no idea what it must have really been like, but kudos to the author and illustrator for making me feel like I was there and that my heart had been on a remarkable journey in just these few short pages I also appreciate that good white people were shown, helping on the Underground Railroad, and I loved Henry s ingenuity and bravery in mailing himself to freedom And the comple...This is an inspirational, amazing and true story, with breathtakingly detailed and expressive illustrations It is certainly worthy of its Caldecott Honor designation It s a story that will take you from joy to heartache and back again in a short narrative that will captivate young elementary school age children We read this as one of the February 2011 selections for the Picture Book Club in the Children s Books group here at Goodreads I am so grateful to have been introduced to this story, a This is an inspirational, amazing and true story, with breathtakingly detailed and expressive illustrations It is certainly worthy of its Caldecott Honor designation It s a story that will take you from joy to heartache and back again in a short narrative that will captivate young elementary school age children We read this as one of the February 2011 selections for the Picture Book Club in the Children s Books group here at Goodreads I am so grateful to have bee...Henry s Freedom Box was a story selection for the Children s Picture Book Club found here off thank you again to the group for introducing wonderful books I may have otherwise never found I held this book in my hands for several minutes after I read it This isn t a normal practice for me I fought back tears and feelings of heartbreak at the same time thinking this was a fabulous book I felt I was living every moment with Henry on his journey to Henry s Freedom Box was a story selection for the Children s Picture Book Club found here off thank you again to the group for introducing wonderful books I may have otherwise never found I held this book in my hands for several minutes after I read it This isn t a normal practice for me I fought back tears and feelings of heartbreak at the same time thinking this was a fabulous book I felt I was living every moment with Henry on his journey to freedom by mailing himself in a box Henry was amazing and brave to even have thought of that It was refreshing to read about the people who helped He...This is a true story from the Underground Railroad about an African American slave gaining his freedom and the hardships he faces achieving this victory Henry is a young boy who does not have a birthday This is no surprise because there were no records of slave s birthdays He is torn from his family at a young age and put to work in a warehouse He soon meets a girl named Nancy and marries her They have three children and are happy Henry s happiness is torn away when his family gets sold in This is a true story from the Underground Railroad about an African American slave gaining his freedom and the hardships he faces achieving this victory Henry is a young boy who does not have a birthday This is no surprise because there were no records of slave s birthdays He is torn from his family at a young age and put to work in a warehouse He soon meets a girl named Nancy and marries her They have three children and are happy Henry s happiness is torn away when his family gets sold in the slave market while Henry was at worked He continues to work and accepts that he will never see his family again, but does not accept his current lifestyle He decides that he must try to escape to a ...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here More amazing illustrations by Kadir Nelson Definitely deserves all the accolades it s gotten this year Based on an incredible story that I hadn t heard before A boy born in to slavery is sold away from his family as a young child As an adult, his wife and children are sold away from him At that point, he just can t take it any, and he decides to send himself all the way from Richmond, VA to Philadelphia, in a box He makes it there, and for the rest of his life he s known as Henry BOX More amazing illustrations by Kadir Nelson Definitely de...

• English
• 15 April 2017
Ellen Levine
• Hardcover
• 40 pages
• 043977733X
• Ellen Levine
• Henrys Freedom Box