Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (2006)

This is a powerful book about how Harriet Tubman "Mother Moses" first escapes from slavery and then assists many other slaves in the south to escape to freedom. The book also talks about antislavery activists and the underground railroad. I think this would be a great book to read to a history class when discussing slavery in America. This is a great book for late elementary and middle school aged students. ( )

This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Harriet Tubman, a.k.a Mother Moses, and how she led her people to freedom out of slavery ( )

This beautiful picture book tells the story of Harriet Tubman, "Mother Moses", who helps save her people from a lifetime of slavery. This book includes detailed drawings that allow you to feel the emotion within Tubman's story. I would recommend using this book in a social studies environment when introducing the lasting impact of discrimination and slavery, but I would also suggest that it could be used to show the importance of text placement within storybooks that use pictures, and the use of descriptive language to create mental images. ( )

Carole Boston Weatherford opens readers to a beautiful dialogue between Harriett Tubman and God to depict her journey of freeing slaves through the Underground Railroad. Often Harriett Tubman is written as a hero,as she was, but this book focuses on her emotions, her humanity, her emotional toil that accompanied her physical burdens of escaping to freedom. It's beautiful and inspiring to see Harriett Tubman in such a relatable way- doubting her faith, begging for God's help, and letting Him lead her. For a girl who sinks into every romance novel, this book shows the love story and undeniable trust between Harriett and her Lord. The detailed illustrations helped me dive into this book and experience the agony Harriett and her fellow slaves felt. ( )

Harriet Tubman was born a slave and when she hears "I set the north star in the heavens and I mean for you to be free..."from God one summer night. She decided to leave her husband and family behind and escape to freedom. This is a biography that focus on a real person's experience.
This story inspires students to never give up on their dreams and teach them the meaning of brave. ( )