Cline-Ransome, Lesa Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass, illustrated by James E. Ransome. Simon & Schuster, 2012. PICTURE BOOK. $17.
When Hugh’s master catches his wife teaching the young slave Frederick to read, he tells her, “it would forever unfit him to be a slave.” How true those words were. While it didn’t happen quickly, the renames Frederick Douglass later finds his way to freedom and becomes an important part of our country’s history.
While a picture book, there is just enough story to make this worth looking at for a longer lesson. There are so many great picture books about Slavery and Civil Rights, an elementary school or middle school class could use then all as a basis for an excellent unit.
EL, MS – ADVISABLE. Cindy, Library Teacher.
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