Our take: Not recommended for under 18 or sensitive readers. May contain a number of explicitly descriptive love scenes. Our take: Teen and sensitive readers should exercise caution. May contain moderately descriptive love scenes, usually no more than three.
Our take: These books should still be appropriate for most mature teens and sensitive readers. May contain moderate to high sexual tension which could include passionate clinches that end in cut scenes and/or extremely mild love scenes with virtually no details. Our take: These books would be appropriate for teen and sensitive readers. May contain mild to moderate sexual tension and/or possible implications of something more taking place off canvas, but nothing beyond kissing actually occurs within the text. I recommend Henry's Freedom Box to both children and parents, and I'll definitely be acquiring a copy for my own keeper shelf. In my opinion, they are all well-deserved. His illustrations combined with Ellen Levine's words to create an amazing book that became a Caldecott Honor book as well as winning numerous other awards and accolades. The pictures almost tell the story all by themselves. I was very impressed with how realistic and emotive they are. Half the beauty of a picture book are the illustrations and the ones here are quite lovely. He also became an internationally renowned spokesperson for the Underground Railroad and abolition, and even wrote an autobiographical account of his life as a slave and his escape which I hope to read at some point. It is very sad that Henry lost his entire family when they were sold and apparently was never reunited with them, but it seems that his pain may have been a driving force in his quest for freedom. Henry's bravery and ingenuity were inspiring to read about. It is the true story of Henry "Box" Brown who mailed himself to freedom. Henry's Freedom Box is a wonderful storybook for teaching younger children about slavery and the Underground Railroad. After a harrowing twenty-seven-hour journey packed in a small crate, Henry was delivered safely to the home of an abolitionist and finally realized his dream of being free. Henry just knew that he had to be free, and came up with the idea of mailing himself to the north where there were no slaves.
The two married and had three children, but one day, Nancy and the children were sold to another slave owner and taken away. When his master died, Henry was sent away from his mother to work in a factory. Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
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