Ok, ok… I know this blog is about read alouds. BUT, picture books can be incredibly powerful even without words. So it is with this moving tale of a runaway slave and a kind young girl. The mystery of who is hiding in the shed (and why are they hiding anyway?) is a gateway to talk about slavery with children.
Slavery isn’t gone, it’s just gone underground. We need to talk about it.
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