Before you leave...
Take 20% off your first order
20% off
Enter the code below at checkout to get 20% off your first order
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781481456906)
Vendor:
Ashley Bryan
Product type:
Books
- $17.99
$17.99- $17.99
- Unit price
- per
Subtotal:
$17.99
Description
xNewbery Honor Book
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book Using original slave auction and plantation estate documents, Ashley Bryan offers a moving and powerful picture book that contrasts the monetary value of a person with the priceless value of life experiences and dreams that a slave owner could never take away. 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. This gentle yet deeply powerful way 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," the author has created collages around that document, and others like it. Through fierce paintings and expansive 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. Visually epic, and never before done, this stunning picture book is unlike anything you've seen.
Author: Ashley Bryan
ISBN-10: 1481456903
ISBN-13: 9781481456906
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2016
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 11.00h x 10.10w x 0.40d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.6
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 185729 / Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Book
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Book
Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book
Award: Kirkus Prize - Finalist
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/04/2016
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2016 pg. 90
Booklist 08/01/2016 pg. 66
BookPage 09/01/2016
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2016 pg. 42
School Library Journal 09/01/2016 pg. 172
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2016
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2016 pg. 94
School Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 39
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2017 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book Using original slave auction and plantation estate documents, Ashley Bryan offers a moving and powerful picture book that contrasts the monetary value of a person with the priceless value of life experiences and dreams that a slave owner could never take away. 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. This gentle yet deeply powerful way 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," the author has created collages around that document, and others like it. Through fierce paintings and expansive 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. Visually epic, and never before done, this stunning picture book is unlike anything you've seen.
Author: Ashley Bryan
ISBN-10: 1481456903
ISBN-13: 9781481456906
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2016
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 11.00h x 10.10w x 0.40d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.6
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 185729 / Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Book
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Book
Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book
Award: Kirkus Prize - Finalist
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/04/2016
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2016 pg. 90
Booklist 08/01/2016 pg. 66
BookPage 09/01/2016
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2016 pg. 42
School Library Journal 09/01/2016 pg. 172
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2016
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2016 pg. 94
School Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 39
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2017 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
By Ashley Bryan
xAshley Bryan (1923-2022) grew up to the sound of his mother singing from morning to night, and he shared the joy of song with children. A beloved illustrator, he was named a Newbery Honoree for his picture book, Freedom Over Me. He also received the Coretta Scott King--Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, was a May Hill Arbuthnot lecturer, a Coretta Scott King Award winner, and the recipient of countless other awards and recognitions. His books include Freedom Over Me; Sail Away; Beautiful Blackbird; Beat the Story-Drum, Pum Pum; Let It Shine; Ashley Bryan's Book of Puppets; and What a Wonderful World. He lived in Islesford, one of the Cranberry Isles off the coast of Maine.
Recently Viewed Products
- Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.