{"id":32684,"date":"2018-12-14T00:54:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T04:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=32684"},"modified":"2018-12-20T13:34:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T17:34:48","slug":"review-of-frederick-douglass-the-lion-who-wrote-history-by-walter-dean-myers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=32684","title":{"rendered":"Review of Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History, by Walter Dean Myers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Frederick Douglass<\/p>\n

The Lion Who Wrote History<\/em><\/p>\n

by Walter Dean Myers
\nillustrated by Floyd Cooper<\/p>\n

Harper, 2017. 36 pages.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

This is a picture book biography of Frederick Douglass. It highlights his decisions to learn to read and later to escape slavery. I like this paragraph. <\/p>\n

Frederick listened carefully to the Auld children. They spoke clearly and directly, and he knew that it was because they had also read the words they used. He felt that reading could make a difference in how a person lived.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Years later, abolitionists had Frederick speak at their meetings, and crowds were impressed. This fits with what Trevor Noah says in his book Born a Crime<\/a><\/em> about how the way you speak strongly influences how people relate to you. Frederick Douglass didn\u2019t sound like a slave, in his speech or in his writings. That challenged people\u2019s assumptions.<\/p>\n

Walter Dean Myers makes the point that Frederick Douglass gained so much influence, his voice became a lion\u2019s roar.<\/p>\n

The careful and wise decisions made by Frederick Douglass \u2013 to learn to read, to escape from slavery, to speak out for justice for all Americans, and to aid the Union Army \u2013 had helped to write American history.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n

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