Kelly Brown Text Set

I used The Teachings Resources Center in Joyner Library to locate my 4 books for my text set. The genres for my books were a variety between graphic biography, biography, fiction, and nonfiction. The first book: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad is a graphic biography, the second book: The Last Safe House is fiction, the third book: Daily Life in a Southern Plantation 1853 is nonfiction, and the fourth book: An Apple for Harriet Tubman is a biography. Henrys Freedom Box was my literature circle book which was a story about slavery and the Underground Railroad. The books I chose for my text set involves stories about Harriet Tubman, who was a major face in the Underground Railroad. My other stories are about a day in the life of a slave on a plantation and other stories about the Underground Railroad which all tie really well with the book Henrys Freedom Box.

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Martin, M. (2005). Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad . Mankato, Minn: Capstone Press.

This story is a graphic biography about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. There are many pictures that describe what Harriet Tubman went through on the Underground Railroad and many obstacles she had to overcome and the people she met on her journey. Grade Level: 3rd

Kelly Brown Text Set The last safe house: a story of the Underground Railroad Greenwood, B. (1998). The last safe house : a story of the underground railroad. Toronto: Kids Can Press.

This fiction chapter book is about two young girls, Eliza and Johanna. They are runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad. This chapter book goes through what their life was like on cotton plantations, about abolitionists who tried to end slavery, and the shelters that they sought among their journey on the Underground Railroad. Grade Level: 5th

Daily Life in a Southern Plantation, 1853 Erickson, P. (1998). Daily life on a southern plantation, 1853. New York: Lodestar Books.

In this nonfiction picture book, you are able to see what life is like living on a plantation. Not only do you get to see the slaves point of view but the view from the owners of the plantation. The Hendersons are the owners of this large cotton plantation while the Majors are a family of

Kelly Brown Text Set slaves who live on this plantation. Viewing their life through pictures and text, a day in the life on a cotton plantation is told. Grade Level: 4th

An Apple for Harriet Tubman Turner, G. T., & Keeter, S. (2006). An Apple for Harriet Tubman. Morton Grove, Ill: Albert Whitman.

In this biography, we learn about the young Harriet Tubman and her hard work in her masters orchard. We learn how Harriet worked long hard hours picking apples. The one thing that was very hard about this job was that she loved apples but was not allowed to eat them. This biography talks about her life as a young girl and the struggles she made until she escaped to the north when she was older in the Underground Railroad. Grade Level: 3rd