Sojourner Truth- Preacher for Freedom and Equality by Suzanne Slade and Illustrated by Natascha Alex Blanks (Ages 7+)

Sojourner Truth- Preacher for Freedom and Equality by Suzanne Slade and Illustrated by Natascha Alex Blanks (Ages 7+)

Slade, Suzanne. (2008). Sojourner Truth. Minneapolis: Picture Window Books.

Genre: Biography

This is a biography about Sojourner Truth, SJ. SJ was a brave woman who helped many during a tough and trying time in history. She worked towards equality for women and was a powerful influence on today’s world. This book goes through her history and how she moved from slave family to slave family until she decides to flee. She ends up being a motivation to many.

This book portrays social development for this age group because it is showing the influence people have on each other. It took a lot of hard work and determination for SJ to survive and become such an influential icon.

This is a biography and reflects good biographical ideas because it fairly and un-bias represents SJ. The back of the book provides students and readers with a timeline and more facts about SJ and the time period. This is a quality of biography that must be present- it shows good source and facts.

Illustrations- The illustrations in the book are representational of the characters they are portraying and representational of the cultural time period. They are colorful and trying to show readers that although it was tough she really made a difference and made others happy as well as herself.

Mini Lesson- This book could be used in an introduction to a biography unit.

Enjoyment- Readers from around age 7 and up would enjoy this book.