| | 12,101 (12,105) | 614 | 1,686 |  (4.35) | 0 | 0 | Ellen Levine was born in New York City on March 9, 1939. She received a master's degree in political science from the University of Chicago and a law degree from New York University School of Law. She was an attorney for a public-interest law group, a documentary filmmaker, and taught courses in writing for children and young adults in Vermont College's MFA program. She wrote numerous books for children and young adults during her lifetime including Darkness Over Denmark, I Hate English, Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Stories, Rachel Carson: A Twentieth-Century Life, and Henry's Freedom Box. She died from lung cancer on May 26, 2012 at the age of 73. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Henry's Freedom Box … (more) |
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Ellen Levine has 118 past events. (show)  Black History Month Black History Month: Henry's Freedom Box Henry's Freedom Box Henry's freedom box by Ellen Levine, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) Storytime, Special Event, Children's Event Join us as we read this stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist. (added from Barnes & Noble) Storytime With Mrs. Jen: Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine Celebrate Black History Month Celebrate Black History Month! Northwest African American Museum Black History Month: Henry's Freedom Box Storytime Henry's freedom box by Ellen Levine, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) Storytime, Special Event, Children's Event A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist. (added from Barnes & Noble) ELLEN LEVINE, Author Ellen Levine , Henry's Freedom Box. ELLEN LEVINE, Author January 17, Saturday, 2:00pm Henry Brown had an unusual nickname. He was called “Box” after people learned how he escaped from his life as a slave in the South by climbing inside a wooden crate and mailing himself to freedom in the North. Impressed by Henry’s plan and his courage to pursue it, author Ellen Levine researched and wrote what would become the picture book Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad. Ellen Levine lives in New York state, but she is in Saint Paul this week as a guest lecturer for Hamline University’s M.F.A. Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Take advantage of this opportunity to meet Ellen when she gives a presentation today at The Red Balloon Bookshop about Henry’s Freedom Box, a Caldecott Honor Award book. (booksense)… (more)
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