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Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman

by James Ransome

Picture book · ages 6–10 · grades 1–5 · 620L · 32 pages · 2019

Why we'd hand it over

Ransome's watercolors and restrained, unflinching text make this the most honest introduction to Harriet Tubman for early elementary readers—shows childhood vulnerability and adult iron without didacticism.

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