Before She Was Harriet is a 2017 children's picture book written by Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrated by James Ransome, first published by Holiday House. It was awarded an honorary Coretta Scott King Award in 2018.

Nov 7, 2017 · Before She Was Harriet is a children's picture book by Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrated James E. Ransome. It is a memorable, lyrical reverse-chronological walk through the life of an American icon. Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and political activist.

As Minty she was a slave whose spirit could not be broken. An evocative poem and opulent watercolors come together to honor a woman of humble origins whose courage and compassion make her larger than life.

About Before She Was Harriet An evocative poem and stunning watercolors come together to honor an American heroine in a Coretta Scott King Honor and Christopher Award-winning picture book. We know her today as Harriet Tubman, but in her lifetime she was called by many names.

A powerful poem and exquisite watercolor paintings pay tribute to a true American hero. ★ "A memorable, lyrical reverse-chronological walk through the life of an American icon." —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review. 2017 EUREKA! Nonfiction Honor Award.

Jun 11, 2019 · This lush, lyrical biography in verse begins with a glimpse of Harriet Tubman as an old woman, and travels back in time through the many roles she played through her life: spy, liberator, suggragist and more.

Mar 4, 2018 · Harriet Tubman is well known as one of the most infamous organizers of the Underground Railway, but before that she was many things: a suffragette, a Union spy, a nurse, an aunt, a daughter. This beautiful biography tells anew the story of Harriet’s life.

Nov 7, 2017 · As Araminta she was a young girl whose father showed her the stars and the first steps on the path to freedom. This lush, lyrical biography in verse begins with a glimpse of Harriet Tubman as an old woman, and travels back in time through the many roles she played through her life: spy, liberator, suggragist and more.

Striking watercolors illustrate how “before she was Harriet,” she was called a suffragist, a general, a spy, and a nurse. As the book progresses, you see her before the war as Aunt Harriet, an enslaved girl.