Almost to freedom / by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrations by Colin Bootman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux.

Contributor:

Bootman, Colin, illustrator.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Juvenile fiction.

Slavery.

Underground Railroad--Juvenile fiction.

Underground Railroad.

Rag dolls--Juvenile fiction.

Rag dolls.

Dolls--Juvenile fiction.

Dolls.

African Americans--Juvenile fiction.

African Americans.

Slavery--Fiction.

Underground Railroad--Fiction.

Rag dolls--Fiction.

Dolls--Fiction.

African Americans--Fiction.

Genre:

Children's stories.

Juvenile materials.

Sophisticated picture books.

Curriculum resource.

Picture books.

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[40] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis. : Carolrhoda Books, Inc. [a division of Lerner Publishing Group., ©2003].

Summary:

Tells the story of a young girl's dramatic escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad, from the perspective of her beloved rag doll.

Notes:

Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Illustrator, Honor, 2004

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

157505342X

9781575053424

1413189695

9781413189698

OCLC:

50034802