Frederick Douglass for Kids: His Life and Times, with 21 Activities Volume 41 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781569767177)

Few Americans have had as much impact on this nation as Frederick Douglass. Born on a plantation, he later escaped slavery and helped others to freedom via the Underground Railroad. In time he became a bestselling author, an outspoken newspaper editor, a brilliant orator, a tireless abolitionist, and a brave civil rights leader. He was famous on both sides of the Atlantic in the years leading up to the Civil War, and when war broke out, Abraham Lincoln invited him to the White House for counsel and advice. Frederick Douglass for Kids follows the footsteps of a true hero, one of the leading African Americans of his day. And to better appreciate Douglass and his times, readers will: - form a debating club- create a sailor's tarpaulin hat and cravat that Douglass wore during his escape - make a Civil War haversack- participate in a microlending programand more

Author: Nancy I. Sanders
ISBN-10: 1569767173
ISBN-13: 9781569767177
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2012
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.40h x 11.00w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2012 pg. 82
School Library Journal 07/01/2012 pg. 101