{"product_id":"box-henry-brown-mails-himself-to-freedom-paperback","title":"Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarole Boston Weatherford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichele Wood\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2021 Newbery Honor Book \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a moving, lyrical tale about the cost and fragility of freedom, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling author and an acclaimed artist follow the life of a man who courageously shipped himself out of slavery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat have I to fear?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy master broke every promise to me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI lost my beloved wife and our dear children.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll, sold South. Neither my time nor my body is mine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe breath of life is all I have to lose.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd bondage is suffocating me.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHenry Brown wrote that long before he came to be known as Box, he \"entered the world a slave.\" He was put to work as a child and passed down from one generation to the next -- as property. When he was an adult, his wife and children were sold away from him out of spite. Henry Brown watched as his family left bound in chains, headed to the deeper South. What more could be taken from him? But then hope -- and help -- came in the form of the Underground Railroad. Escape! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn stanzas of six lines each, each line representing one side of a box, celebrated poet Carole Boston Weatherford powerfully narrates Henry Brown's story of how he came to send himself in a box from slavery to freedom. Strikingly illustrated in rich hues and patterns by artist Michele Wood, \u003ci\u003eBox \u003c\/i\u003eis augmented with historical records and an introductory excerpt from Henry's own writing as well as a time line, notes from the author and illustrator, and a bibliography.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarole Boston Weatherford, \u003c\/b\u003e a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author and poet, was named the 2019 \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award winner. Her numerous books for children include the Coretta Scott King Author Award winner \u003ci\u003eUnspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Floyd Cooper; the Caldecott Honor Books \u003ci\u003eMoses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and \u003ci\u003eVoice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Ekua Holmes, which was also a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book; and the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eSchomburg: The Man Who Built a Library\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Eric Velasquez. Carole Boston Weatherford lives in North Carolina. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichele Wood \u003c\/b\u003eis an illustrator, painter, filmmaker, and designer with a master's in divinity from Christian Theological Seminary. She has won numerous awards for her illustration work, including a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, as well as a nomination for an NAACP Image Award. \u003ci\u003eBox: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom \u003c\/i\u003eis her first book with Candlewick Press. 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