An easy reader chapter book briefly tells the story of Harriet Tubman's life and her heroic deeds to save other slaves by bringing them to Canada and later on her part in the Civil War. A good majority of the book is spent on her life as a child, and life before she escaped slavery so children can get to know her as a person first before they learn she is a hero. My only quibble is that the whole Canadian connection is skipped. The word Canada appears once in the book "take the group on to More...

This is a very informative book about the life of Harriet Tubman. It talked about her family and all of the survival skills that her parents taught her. It also talked about her childhood and the things that she went through such as being hit by a weight. This book is filled with pictures and has eight chapters. It is a great informational book about the life of Harriet Tubman.

I like this book because I lernd alout from the book.