This story is very inspirational. It is a Caldecott Honor book. The drawings and color are very intriguing. The drawings look real to life. It is a heart felt story about a slave reaching freedom in a box. Henry was a slave for many years, and his family was taken away because they were sold to someone else. The story shares some of the difficulities that slaves encountered during that period of time. My response was influenced by other books that I have read about slavery and the struggles they endured to survive. Children's literature can provoke emotion in reading when reading about events that occurred such as, slavery and the search for freedom. It gives you a sense of how slaves were treated by some people.
This story could be compared to other books such as, Harriet Tubman and her struggle to obtain freedom through the Underground Railroad.
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