Levine, Ellen. <br/><br/>
Henry's freedom box / 
Subtitle on cover:  True story from the Underground Railroad 
by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson. 
 - 40 unnumbered  pages :  color illustrations ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Wilson's Children, October 2010.  Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2008.  School Library Journal, March 2007.  Book Links (A.L.A.), October 2009.  Booklist starred, February 2007.  Horn Book Starred, October 2007.  Publisher's Weekly, January 2007.  Kirkus Starred, December 2006.  Horn Book, March 2007. 
<br/><br/> A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia. 
<br/><br/> 2.6  K-3  AD490L  Lexile  Q  Fountas 
<br/><br/> Caldecott Medal/Honor, 2008. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780439777339 (hc.) 043977733X (hc.) 9781428721920 (Follett bdg.) 1428721924 (Follett bdg.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006009487 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Brown, Henry Box, 1816- --Juvenile fiction.<br/>Brown, Henry Box, 1816- --Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Slavery--Juvenile fiction.<br/>African Americans--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Underground Railroad--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Slavery--Fiction.<br/>African Americans--Fiction.<br/>Underground Railroad--Fiction.<br/>Historical fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Historical fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.L57833  / Hen 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>E LEV