A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.

Henry Brown doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays. All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a warehouse. Henry grows up and marries, but he is again devastated when his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do: He will mail himself to the North. After an arduous journey in the crate, Henry finally has a birthday -- his first day of freedom.

Formato	Tapa dura
Número de Páginas	40
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	Scholastic Press
Fecha de Publicación	2007-01-01
Dimensiones	11.0" x 9.3" x 0.4" pulgadas
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	Si
Edad	4-8
Temas	Siglo 19, Afroamericano, 1800-1850, Filadelfia, Pennsylvania, Pensilvania, Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia, Virginia
Premios	Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award 2009 (Nominee), Black-Eyed Susan Award 2007 (Nominee), Buckaroo Book Award 2008 (Nominee), Caldecott Medal 2008 (Honor Book), California Young Reader Medal 2012 (Winner), Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens 2008 (Recommended), Colorado Children's Book Award 2009 (Nominee), Delaware Diamonds Award 2007 (Nominee), Golden Sower Award 2010 (Nominee), Keystone to Reading Book Award 2008 (Nominee), Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award 2010 (Nominee), North Carolina Children's Book Award 2009 (Nominee), Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award 2010 (Winner), Red Clover Award 2009 (Nominee), South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award 2008 (Nominee), Virginia Readers Choice Award 2009 (Nominee), Volunteer State Book Awards 2010 (Nominee), West Virginia Children's Book Award 2009 (Second Place)

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KADIR NELSON illustrated two Caldecott Honor Books: Moses and Libre: Le long voyage d'Henri. Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange won the Coretta Scott King Award. Will Smith's Just The Two of Us won an NAACP Image Award, and his new book, We Are The Ship continues to garner major awards. Nelson showed artistic talent at age three and began working in oils by age sixteen. Kadir Nelson lives in Los Angeles.