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A Wicked History™: Henry VIII

by Sean Stewart Price

From Vlad the Impaler to Attila the Hun - the most heinous moments in history are exposed in these highly illustrated biographies of the most villanous tyrants who have walked the earth.

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Grades 9-12 $5.95

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Henry Ford

by Wil Mara

SET FEATURES:

Age-appropriate vocabulary
Clear linkage between text and photos
Includes archival reproductions where appropriate
Positioned in the middle Early Intervention range
Comprehensive glossary of "Words You Know"
Index makes navigating subject matter easy
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Henry Ford

Grades 1-2 $14.35

Henry's Freedom Box

A True Story from the Underground Railroad

Author: Ellen Levine

Illustrator: Kadir Nelson

Interest Level:
3-5

Lexile Framework:
380L

Grade Level Equivalent:
1.9

Age:
8-10

Genre:
Autobiography and Biography, Multicultural

Subject:
African American History, Slavery, African Americans, Determination and Perseverance

2008 Caldecott Honor Book

Watch Ellen Levine read from Henry's Freedom Box.

Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. Henry grows up and marries, but he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do: He will mail himself to the North. After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday — his first day of freedom

A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.

* "Nelson's powerful portraits add a majestic element to Levine's history-based tale...sonorous prose that makes a perfect match for the art, this is a story of pride and ingenuity that will leave readers profoundly moved..." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

* "...it's the dramatic artwork that brings this emphatically to life." — Booklist, starred review