Freedom over me : eleven slaves, their lives and dreams brought to life / by Ashley Bryan.
By: Bryan, Ashley [author,, illustrator.]
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TextPublisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First editionDescription: 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781481456906; 1481456903Subject(s): Enslavement -- Juvenile poetry | African Americans -- Juvenile poetry | Enslaved persons -- Social conditions -- Juvenile poetryGenre/Form: Picture books. | Picture books for children.DDC classification: Fic Awards: Newbery Honor Book, 2017 | Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, 2017 | Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, 2017 | Boston Globe/Horn Book Picture Book Award, 2017Summary: Imagine being looked up and down and being valued as less than chair. Less than an ox. Less than a dress. Maybe about the same as ... a lantern. You, an object. An object to sell. Ashley Bryan goes to the heart of how a slave is given a monetary value by the slave owner, tempering this with the one thing that CAN'T be bought or sold -- dreams. Inspired by the actual will of a plantation owner that lists the worth of each and every one of his "workers", Bryan has created collages around that document, and others like it. Through paintings and poetry he imagines and interprets each person's life on the plantation, as well as the life their owner knew nothing about -- their dreams and pride in knowing that they were worth far more than an Overseer or Madam ever would guess.
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A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book.
Imagine being looked up and down and being valued as less than chair. Less than an ox. Less than a dress. Maybe about the same as ... a lantern. You, an object. An object to sell. Ashley Bryan goes to the heart of how a slave is given a monetary value by the slave owner, tempering this with the one thing that CAN'T be bought or sold -- dreams. Inspired by the actual will of a plantation owner that lists the worth of each and every one of his "workers", Bryan has created collages around that document, and others like it. Through paintings and poetry he imagines and interprets each person's life on the plantation, as well as the life their owner knew nothing about -- their dreams and pride in knowing that they were worth far more than an Overseer or Madam ever would guess.
Ages 6-10.
Newbery Honor Book, 2017
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, 2017
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, 2017
Boston Globe/Horn Book Picture Book Award, 2017
