Before She Was Harriet - Lesa Cline-ransome

\nAn evocative poem and stunning watercolors come together to honor an American heroine in a Coretta Scott King Honor and Christopher Award-winning picture book. \nWe know her today as Harriet Tubman, but in her lifetime she was called by many names. As General Tubman she was a Union spy. As Moses she led hundreds to freedom on the Underground Railroad. As Minty she was a slave whose spirit could not be broken. As Araminta she was a young girl whose father showed her the stars and the first steps on the path to freedom. \n \nThis lush, lyrical biography in verse begins with a glimpse of Harriet Tubman as an old woman, and travels back in time through the many roles she played through her life: spy, liberator, suggragist and more. Illustrated by James Ransome, whose paintings for The Creation won a Coretta Scott King medal, this is a riveting introduction to an American hero. \n \nThe paperback edition includes a new author's note, and a list of resources for further study. \n \n - A Junior Library Guild Selection \n - A Coretta Scott King Honor Book \n - A Christopher Award winner \n - A Jane Addams Children's Honor Book\n