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Henry's freedom box
- Title
- Henry's freedom box / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
- Author
- Levine, Ellen.
- Publication
- New York : Scholastic Press, ©2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc F 07-329 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 08-331 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
| Text | Request in advance | J PIC L | Offsite |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations; 29 cm
- Summary
- A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.
- Subjects
- Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816-
- Underground Railroad
- Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816- > Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Picture books
- African Americans > Fiction
- Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816- > Fiction
- Historical fiction
- African Americans > Juvenile fiction
- Underground Railroad > Fiction
- Slavery > Fiction
- Slavery > Juvenile fiction
- Underground Railroad > Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Genre/Form
- Picture books.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Historical fiction.
- Note
- "A true story form the underground railroad"--Cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Awards (note)
- Caldecott Medal Honor Book, 2008
- A Junior Library Guild selection.
- Notable Books for a Global Society, 2008
- Call Number
- Sc F 07-329
- ISBN
- 043977733X
- 9780439777339
- LCCN
- 2006009487
- OCLC
- 65207060
- Author
- Levine, Ellen.
- Title
- Henry's freedom box / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
- Imprint
- New York : Scholastic Press, ©2007.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Awards
- Caldecott Medal Honor Book, 2008A Junior Library Guild selection.Notable Books for a Global Society, 2008
- Added Author
- Nelson, Kadir, illustrator.Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Research Call Number
- Sc F 07-329JFF 08-331J PIC L