Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad
A young girl's courage is tested in this haunting, wordless story.When a farm girl discovers a runaway slavehiding in the barn, she is at oncestartled and frightened. But the stranger's fearful eyesweigh upon her conscience,and she must make a difficult choice.Will she have the courage to help...
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A young girl's courage is tested in this haunting, wordless story.When a farm girl discovers a runaway slavehiding in the barn, she is at oncestartled and frightened. But the stranger's fearful eyesweigh upon her conscience,and she must make a difficult choice.Will she have the courage to help him?Unspoken gifts of humanity unite the girland the runaway as they each face a journey: one following the North Star,the other following her heart. Henry Cole's unusual and original renderingof the Underground Railroadspeaks directly to our deepest senseof compassion.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780545399975 (0545399971)
Publish date: November 1st 2012
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Cultural,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
African American,
Art,
War,
Picture Books,
Military History,
Civil War
Historical fiction, wordless picture book! A rare combo. This one should have won Caldecott 2013. The graphic designer, Marijka Kostiw, is a genius. That blue page border! And the chosen color of paper reflects a luminescent pink aura all the way down the gutter when read with overhead light! (Don't...
Stunning and remarkable. Wonderful possiblities for discussion and writing.
Appeal Characteristics: Art: Grainy Textures, Black & White Wordless, and historicalI just sat staring at the pictures like... HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO DRAW THIS?! The title was fitting for this beautiful unfolding story, and I loved the connecting history and the information the author gives in ...
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