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Buy this book from Amazon! 		Henry's Freedom Box
by Ellen Levine, Kadir Nelson
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Tags: freedom, slavery, the underground railroad, award winner, caldecott winner, african american
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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. When Henry grows up and marries, 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.
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Written by Galoshes on 09/27/2008
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This book is moving and beautiful. I think the posted reading level is wrong. I would say seven and up, and this is a book that a child will need lots of framework for. As children learn about slavery and the abolitionist movement this is a great book to show the many ways that people helped and the inventive and brave ways people worked to be free. This book would even be great for middle and high school students learning about the subject.