Teacher Resources
A bibliography of books for students grades 1-12.
Adler, David. 1992. A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman. NY: Holiday House
Bial, Raymond. 1995. The Underground Railroad. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Brill, Marlene. 1993. Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda
Carson, Mary Kay. 2005. The Underground Railroad for Kids: From Slavery to Freedom with 21 Activities. Chicago: Chicago Review Press.
Elish, Dan. 1993. Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press
Fradin, Dennis. 2000. Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves. NY: Clarion
Levine, Ellen. 1988. If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad. NY: Scholastic
Levine, Ellen and Nelson, Kadir. 2007. Henry’s Freedom Box. NY: Scholastic
McLoone, Margo. 1997. Harriet Tubman. Manhato, Minnesota: Capstone Press
Monjo, F.N. 1970. The Drinking Gourd. NY: Harper and Row
Moore, Cathy. 2003. The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, Inc.
Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux. 2003. Almost to Freedom. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications
Pearsall, Shelly. 2003. Trouble Don’t Last. NY: Random House.
Polacco, Patricia. 1994. Pink and Say. NY: Philomel
Rappaport, Doreen. 1991. Escape from Slavery: Five Journeys to Freedom. NY: Harper Collins
Rappaport, Doreen . 2000. Freedom River. NY: Hyperion
Riggio, Anita. 1997. Secret Signs Along the Underground Railroad. Honedale, PA: Boyds Mills Press
Ringgold, Faith. 1992. Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad. NY: Crown Publishers
Schroeder, Alan. 1996. Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman. NY: Penguin
Winter, Jeanette. 1988. Follow the Drinking Gourd. NY: Random House
Additional History titles:
Haskins, James and Benson, Kathleen. (2001). Building a New Land: African Americans in Colonial America. New York: Harper Collins/Amistad
Haskins, James. 1999. Bound For America: The Forced Migration of Africans to the New World. NY: Morrow