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Schmidt, Gary D.

So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom

48 pp. | Roaring Brook | September, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-62672-872-1 $18.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Daniel Minter. Schmidt’s hauntingly beautiful, uncompromisingly direct picture-book biography takes larger-than-life figure Sojourner Truth (1797?–1883) from childhood to old age, focusing on her acts of courage at a time when black Americans had few legal rights. Minter’s watercolor and mixed-media art is stunning, often making Truth the largest figure on the page or spread. An essential text for studying Civil War–era American history.

Reviewer: Michelle H. Martin | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2019