Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad
by Henry Cole
Black pencil illustrations on buff-colored pages detail a wordless story set during... read more
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 2012
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Underground Railroad
- Stories without words
- Fugitive slaves--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Values & Virtues
- African Americans
- Underground Railroad--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Fugitive slaves
- Lists With This Book
- Wordless books
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About the Author 2
Author Interviews 5
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Interview 1 with Henry Cole
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Awards & Distinctions 9
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2013
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2021
Multicultural and International Honor, 2013
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Elementary Selection, 2013
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2021
Selection, 2013
Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2021
Selection, 2012
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2012
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