Overview
Arkansas State Library, Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Reading List (2012-2013)
Simon Wiesenthal Center / Museum of Tolerance, Once Upon a World Children's Picture Book Award (2011)
Society of Illustrators, "The Original Art" annual exhibition
Ben, a young slave, uses every chance he gets to teach himself to read, practicing with the words he sees on street signs and in shop windows and even in cast-off newspapers he finds in the gutter.
But after the Civil War breaks out, his master leaves town and Ben finds himself in a slave prison. One night, the prisoners bribe a guard to get their hands on a newspaper, and to the applause of his fellow slaves, Ben reads aloud the momentous news of Mr. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation — surely one of the most remarkable readings of that document ever.
Based on the true story of Benjamin Holmes, Pat Sherman's stirring text and the memorable illustrations of Coretta Scott King medalist Floyd Cooper pay tribute to the power of freedom — and to the power of the written word.
This book title, Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation, ISBN: 9780802855411, by Pat Sherman, Floyd Cooper, published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (February 11, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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