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Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Also a picture book
Age: 5-8 years
Media: Watercolor and quill and ink
An excellent summation of Sojourner's life from "the ugly way of slavery," to the Quaker couple who freed her, to her "Ain't I a woman?" speech at a women's rights conference. Provides a good background of her strong, determined self that helps explain her willingness to speak out in front of adversity. This book also highlights Sojourner's particular contribution to civil rights (as a women's rights activist).
Because it follows the narrative of fiction, the details are slim and the language is colorful. This makes it an excellent introductory book to abolitionism and black women's rights. The civil war is not mentioned at all so this book should not be used for that subject. Also, the jacket sleeve summary is misleading because Abraham Lincoln's encounter with Sojourner is not discussed in the narrative but he is in the appendix at the back of the book.
Age: 5-8 years
Media: Watercolor and quill and ink
An excellent summation of Sojourner's life from "the ugly way of slavery," to the Quaker couple who freed her, to her "Ain't I a woman?" speech at a women's rights conference. Provides a good background of her strong, determined self that helps explain her willingness to speak out in front of adversity. This book also highlights Sojourner's particular contribution to civil rights (as a women's rights activist).
Because it follows the narrative of fiction, the details are slim and the language is colorful. This makes it an excellent introductory book to abolitionism and black women's rights. The civil war is not mentioned at all so this book should not be used for that subject. Also, the jacket sleeve summary is misleading because Abraham Lincoln's encounter with Sojourner is not discussed in the narrative but he is in the appendix at the back of the book.