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Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride
Colorful, forthright, energetic prose that matches the character of its subject distinguishes this picture book biography of Sojourner Truth. “She was big. She was black . She was so beautiful.” The opening words set the tone for a lively narrative that describes Sojourner Truth’s life as one defined by both her physical and moral strength, and endless courage. “In search of freedom, Belle ran. She fled like tomorrow wasn’t ever gonna come. . . Belle ran right up to hope’s front door.” Andrea Davis Pinkney’s account culminates with Sojourner’s riveting, righteous comments at a women’s rights convention in Akron, Ohio, in 1851, in which she countered claims of women as the weaker sex with a description of her own life, asking, “And ain’t I a woman?” ©2009 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-9
Age Range:
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Formats:
Biography, Autobiography and Memoir
Picture book
Subjects:
19th Century
Activism and Resistance
African Americans
Biography
Civil Rights
Courage
Girls and Women
Slavery
U.S. History
Diversity subject:
Black/African
Publishers:
Disney, Jump at the Sun
Publish Year: 2009
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9780786807673
CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Truth