Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman by Monica Kulling

Escape North! The Story of Harriet Tubman Reviews

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  Jessica Guzman

  This story is about the life of Harriet Tubman. The book tells key points of her childhood all the way to her death at age 93. It explains how the Underground Railroad came about and how it got its name. It explains how Harriet escaped with the help of Quakers. Although she nearly got caught twice on her escape to freedom, she kept going back, putting herself in danger to free other slaves.
  
  This book could be used in elementary classes 2-5th. This book does a really good job at keeping things authentic. There are references to old spiritual songs that the slaves would sing "Go Down, Moses" as well as customs slaves had such as "jumping the broom." The story doesn't sugar coat facts about how Harriet was abused and beaten. It does not shy away from the fact that Harriet threatened to shoot any of her "passengers" who tried to run back. It also explains how the Quakers, the religious people who believed owning another human being was wrong, helped Harriet and built safe houses in Delaware. Because this book also talks about how Harriet helped during the civil war by being a spy and a nurse, teachers could use it when teaching about the civil war.
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  Courtney

  My children love these little books. They thoroughly enjoy each and every story, as if they are all unique and individual without any cause for similarity among them. Even though sometimes, they might seem tedious and repetitive to me as a parent, I do enjoy being able to read short-stories to my children that are clean and respective.
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  Jo Oehrlein

  A good biography of Harriet Tubman.
  This is a level 4, so not easy easy.
  The author is good at presenting information without talking down to the reader.
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  Christy

  Surveys the life of Harriet Tubman, including her childhood in slavery and her later work in helping other slaves escape north to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
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  Nikki in Niagara

  An easy reader chapter book briefly tells the story of Harriet Tubman's life and her heroic deeds to save other slaves by bringing them to Canada and later on her part in the Civil War. A good majority of the book is spent on her life as a child, and life before she escaped slavery so children can get to know her as a person first before they learn she is a hero. My only quibble is that the whole Canadian connection is skipped. The word Canada appears once in the book "take the group on to Canada".
  
  Fortunately we live very close to where she lived in Canada and were able to visit the church where Tubman brought the slaves on (I forget whether it was 17 or 19) separate journeys she made down south and back again via the Underground Railroad.
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  Children's Literature Project

  Guided Reading Level N.
  Illustrated by Teresa Flavin
  
  Harriet Tubman was a slave who ran to the north through the underground railroad. She traveled back to the south and lead over 300 people to freedom. This book talks about her childhood, escape methods her father taught her and her connections that enabled her to lead so many people to freedom.
  
  This book is great for 1st and 2nd grade and for black history month.
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  Aaron Alexander

  This would be a good book for first through third grade students to learn the story of Harriet Tubman and how she helped many slaves escape to freedom. It is a fairly long chapter book so it would mainly be used by more advanced readers in first grade in second grade.
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  Shelli

  Some of the information given about Harriet Tubman is contrary to what I have read in other books. However, the book was written in a way that elementary age students 3rd grade and up can read and learn a bit about this amazing woman in our nation’s history.
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  Gerri L. Hokamp

  Review from a senior citizen
  
  Wonderful book! I loved it and I'm 66 years old! Pictures were awesome and text was precise and well written.