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32 pp.
| Houghton |
September, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-618-26902-9$$15.00
(3)
K-3
When Henry the bear refuses to pay his taxes because they support slavery, he is sent to jail. On the blank walls he draws trees, birds, flowers, even a mountain, which he climbs and atop which he helps an escaping slave by giving him his shoes. Johnson's engaging cubist-like illustrations expertly blend reality with fantasy in his third book about Henry, based on Henry David Thoreau's life and writing.