Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky

The main character of Coretta Scott King Award and Caldecott Honor winner Tar Beach takes flight once again, encountering Harriet Tubman and learning about the Underground Railroad.

Cassie, who flew above New York in Tar Beach, soars into the sky once more. This time, she and her brother Be Be meet a train full of people, and Be Be joins them. But the train departs before Cassie can climb aboard. With Harriet Tubman as her guide, Cassie retraces the steps escaping slaves took on the real Underground Railroad and is finally reunited with her brother at the story's end.

Author: Faith Ringgold
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Published: 12/12/1995
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 12.04h x 9.20w x 0.11d
ISBN: 9780517885437
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.1
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 6451 / Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky


Review Citation(s):
Black Issues Book Review 01/01/2002 pg. 63
Publishers Weekly 11/13/1995
Essence 12/01/2005 pg. 130

About the Author
Faith Ringgold was born in Harlem in 1930. She received a degree in art education from the City College of New York and was an art teacher long before she became a professional artist. She is best known for her painted story quilts, some of which hang in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Tar Beach, Ringgold's first book for children, won the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration and was named a Caldecott honor Book. Her other picture books include Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky, My Dream of Martin Luther King, Cassie's Word Quilt, and We Came to America.

Learn more about Faith at faithringgold.com