Schroeder, A (1996). Minty: A story of a young Harriet Tubman. New York: Dial.
This biography is from a completely different perspective as the biography of Harriet Tubman earlier presented. This biography details her childhood as that of being very disobedient to her slave owners but loyal to her family. It discusses how her taught her the numerous survival skills she used to become free. It also told the story of how there was one night where she had the opportunity to escape and become free if she only had the courage to steal a horse. That experience and the regret of it, must have taught her to have courage further in life.
Biography picture book for K-3. The illustrations are done with pencil, colored pencil and watercolor.
I wanted to keep my two biographies about the same person as to compare them. This book helps to build Harriet Tubman as a character and a person much more because we feel more attached to her childhood and her actions as a child. It makes her more like someone the kids can relate to. Hearing about her becoming a nurse and a conductor and a spy seem so fanatical but hiding when you are called and setting the traps free. Those are experiences that kids can relate to!
Because of the content of this text, I would use this book as a read aloud to discuss character. I would position it as a person who I loved and admired but who was a kid who acted just like them. Then the students could better think about how she was like them as I was reading.
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