- Henry's Freedom Box
- author: Ellen Levine http://www.ellenlevineauthor.com/
- illustrator: Kadir Nelson http://www.kadirnelson.com/
- medium: pencil, watercolor, & oil
- year of publication: 2007
- publisher city: New York, NY
- publisher: Scholastic Press
- ISBN: 978-0-439-77733-9
- Caldecott Honor Book, 2008
personal thoughts: The story of Henry "Box" Brown is a triumphant story of a slave making his own way to freedom by hiding in a box mailed to Pennsylvania. I am impressed by Nelson's fantastic artwork, which drives the story more than Levine's text. Every face and page is detailed and shaded beautifully and the scene is somber when it needs to be and light when happy times are displayed. The protagonist, Henry has such a sad life that it was hard for me to feel joy for his attainment of freedom, knowing that he had his entire family taken from him, never to be seen again. This book is a story of redemption with great artwork and good insight into a niche in the underground railroad.
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