{"product_id":"before-she-was-harriet-9780823444298","title":"Before She Was Harriet","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn evocative poem and stunning watercolors come together to honor an American heroine in a Coretta Scott King Honor and Christopher Award-winning picture book.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe know her today as Harriet Tubman, but in her lifetime she was called by many names. As General Tubman she was a Union spy. As Moses she led hundreds to freedom on the Underground Railroad. As Minty she was a slave whose spirit could not be broken. As Araminta she was a young girl whose father showed her the stars and the first steps on the path to freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis lush, lyrical biography in verse begins with a glimpse of Harriet Tubman as an old woman, and travels back in time through the many roles she played through her life: spy, liberator, suggragist and more. Illustrated by James Ransome, whose paintings for \u003ci\u003eThe Creation\u003c\/i\u003e won a Coretta Scott King medal, this is a riveting introduction to an American hero. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe paperback edition includes a new author's note, and a list of resources for further study. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Coretta Scott King Honor Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Christopher Award winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Jane Addams Children's Honor Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Booklist \"Top of the List\" selection \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome have collaborated on many award-winning picture books for children. These include \u003ci\u003eSatchel Paige\u003c\/i\u003e, which was an ALA Best Book for Children and \u003ci\u003eWords Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass\u003c\/i\u003e, which received starred reviews in \u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Quilt Alphabet\u003c\/i\u003e was praised as \"A blue-ribbon ABC book that combines bright, folksy oil paintings and lilting riddle-poems,\" in a starred review in \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eand called \"a feast for the eyes\" in \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. They live in the Hudson River Valley region of New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Holiday House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641688592658,"sku":"9780823444298","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_33c87bf0-5315-4514-8b97-466f9b67ece9.jpg?v=1733030225","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/before-she-was-harriet-9780823444298","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}