Illustrated Brian Pinkney http://www.brianpinkney.net/
Published: Jump at the Sun Books, Disney, New York, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7868-0767-3
Watercolor
Annotation:
This bright book describes the larger than life freedom fighter, Sojourner Truth. She escaped from slavery and paved the way for many after her, she continued to fight for the rights of all people her entire life.
Personal Reaction:
The Pinkney husband and wife team meet up again for another exceptionally beautiful book. Everything about this book is as bright as the streams of the sun beaming from a sunflower in a southern garden, yellow, yellow, yellow. Joyous parents illustrate Sojourners birth, while rhythmic text pup you along for the trip of an amazing woman. Her life was hard, she was sold at 9, away from those loving parents. The book emphasizes her strength, both physically and emotionally. The focus is that she always knew what was right and wrong, and she was determined to project that into the world. Sojourner Truth, strong, independent, large, black, proud, articulate. She must be talked about to the youth, and this book is just beautiful enough to give her justice.
**Lesson Plan https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BzBMSRW54LduYjhlODI4MmYtZGFiYS00YjFiLWIyZjYtNWFlYzZiNjliODIz&hl=en_US
**Alliteration: "Big.Black.Beautiful", "Step-Stomp Stride"
**Metaphor: Soujorners' parent called her Belle "Seems her newborn's cry was ringing in the good news"
Children's Core Collection
School Library Journal's Best Books 2009
Children's Core Collection
School Library Journal's Best Books 2009
African American History
American History
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