Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Shane W. Evans. It was published by Roaring Brook Press in 2011 and received the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators in 2012.[1] The book depicts a 19th-century African-American family of slaves as they escape from a plantation and navigate the Underground Railroad to freedom.
Awards and honors
- School Library Journal's Best Nonfiction Books of 2011[2]
- Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators (2012)
- American Library Association Notable Children's Books (2012)[3]
- NCTE/CLA Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts (2012)[4]
References
- ^ “Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present”, American Library Association
- ^ “SLJ Best Books 2011 Nonfiction”, School Library Journal
- ^ “2012 Notable Children's Books list”, American Library Association.
- ^ “2014 Notable Children's Books in the English Language Arts”, National Council of Teachers of English.
