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Literacy Growth.
This book promotes students literacy growth because there is not a lot of
focus on African-American history in school curriculum, students get about
two weeks of information on this topic in February. However, this book
gives students a better understanding of what happened in this country a
few years ago. I think this style of writing will inspire kids to write more
because they know that they can write about anything. It gives them the
confidence to write about things that people normally are too afraid to
write about. This book could inspire a love of reading because the detail
and illustrations takes the reader out of their life and into a different life,
being able to feel and take part in a different setting is a good feeling.
Illustrations Illustrations/Style/Color:
I believe the illustrator did an amazing job with the pictures in this book.
The pictures could tell Henrys story without the words. The illustrator uses
drawings in this book and does not label them. I believe the illustrator used
the same tone of colors throughout the book that paired well with the tone
of the book-sadness. Only at the end when Henry made it out of the box to
freedom do we see bright colors, which contributes to the happiness we
feel when seeing Henry finally free. These illustrations help foster the
childrens imagination because they may not be able to visualize slavery
independently because they have never witnessed it.
Book Rating. Rate the book on a scale of 0 to 5: Rate the book according
to your discussion of it above.
I would rate this book a 4 out of 5 because I would have liked the author to
slow down a bit, I feel as thought Henrys transition from childhood to
adulthood moved very quickly. The uniqueness of the authors style is
something that is not easily achieved when presenting this type of
information to young children. This book can relate to many students
because they will learn that although their lives may have some tough
obstacles, they can think of a way to find happiness in any situation.
Minority students would be able to relate to the book because the
characters will resemble them. This book shows children a vivid and great
example of what slavery and the time of the underground railroad looked
like.
Reference Page
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