I miss the historical feel of the images pulled from older paintings.ĭoes it break the slate? Yes, and in one of my favorite ways – a young woman secures her identity and finds a way to change circumstances through literacy. She looks scrubbed clean and fresh when I picture Clotee as someone who is careworn and exhausted, yet still strong. I find that the new portrait of Clotee feels too contemporary. The new version has a cover that is much less appealing to me. The portrait on the front is from an old painting.Ī Picture of Freedom was one of the original Dear America books re-released with the series update. Currently Available.įace Value: The old cover – the one I remember from childhood – has all of the hallmarks of a great Dear America book cover. A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl by Patricia McKissack. Scholastic, 1997.
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