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Freedom over me : eleven slaves, their lives and dreams brought to life / by Ashley Bryan.
Van Pelt Library PS3552.R848 F74 2016
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PS3552.R848 F74 2016 Bryan copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bryan, Ashley, author, illustrator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--Juvenile poetry.
- Slavery.
- African Americans--Juvenile poetry.
- African Americans.
- Enslaved persons--Social conditions--Juvenile poetry.
- Enslaved persons.
- Enslaved persons--Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Times New Roman.
- Penn Provenance:
- Bryan, Ashley (autograph) (donor) (Kislak Center copy)
- Ashley Bryan Center (donor) (Kislak Center copy)
- Physical Description:
- [48] pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London ; Toronto ; Sydney ; New Delhi : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2016]
- Summary:
- Imagine being looked up and down and being valued as less than chair. Less than an ox. Less than a dress. Maybe about the same as ... a lantern. You, an object. An object to sell. Ashley Bryan goes to the heart of how a slave is given a monetary value by the slave owner, tempering this with the one thing that CAN'T be bought or sold -- dreams. Inspired by the actual will of a plantation owner that lists the worth of each and every one of his "workers", Bryan has created collages around that document, and others like it. Through paintings and poetry he imagines and interprets each person's life on the plantation, as well as the life their owner knew nothing about -- their dreams and pride in knowing that they were worth far more than an Overseer or Madam ever would guess.
- Notes:
- "A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book"--Title leaf.
- "Book design by Ann Bobco. the text for this book was set in Times New Roman. The illustrations for this book were rendered in pen, ink, and watercolor, plus collaged photoreproductions of historical deeds."--Colophon.
- "Jacket design by Ann Bobco"--Dust jacket.
- Newbery Honor Book, 2017
- Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, 2017
- Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, 2017
- Boston Globe/Horn Book Picture Book Award, 2017
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2019 by Ashley Bryan and the Ashley Bryan Center.
- Kislak Center copy signed by the author ("Love Ashley Bryan Islesford Maine Nov. 2017") on title leaf.
- Kislak Center copy: dust jacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Bryan, Ashley. Freedom over me.
- ISBN:
- 9781481456906
- 1481456903
- 9781537947402
- 1537947400
- OCLC:
- 952138726
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