This book is an excellent piece of literature that can be used to develop an awesome social studies lesson. The themes of family and freedom is beautifully crafted through illustrations and text. In addition, children have the opportunity to see how slavery had an impact on the lives of African American men, woman, and children.

We used this book for our study of Black History at home. We really enjoyed it and I found it very powerful for our little ones to understand what happend so many years ago.