Author/Editor Bains, Rae
A biography about Harriet Tubman that focuses mainly on her early life as a slave, with some information about her involvement in the Underground RailRoad.
KS2
Troll Associates, 1982, ISBN 0893757616

Author/Editor Coventry Minority Group Support Service
A set of OHPs and a book about Harriet Tubman and her involvement in the Underground Railroad to free American slaves.
KS1/2
No longer in print

Author/Editor Kulling, Monica
The story of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, told in accessible style, with coloured illustrations.
KS2
Random House, 2001, ISBN 0375801545

Author/Editor Malam, John
Sojourner Truth (c1797-1883) was born a slave in America. She was thirty when she won her freedom. After that she dedicated the rest of her life to speaking out against slavery, racism and inequality.
KS1/2
Evans Brothers, 1999, ISBN 0237519720

Author/Editor Morgan, Nina
Tells the story of Mother Teresa: how she founded a new order of nuns, gave food and medicine to the poor in India and set up homes for the poor around the world.
KS2
Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1998, ISBN 0817278486

Author/Editor Adler, David
Tells the story of Rosa Park and the bus protest in the modern Civil Rights Movement, in accessible text for younger readers.
KS1
Holiday House, 1995, ISBN 082341177

Author/Editor Bradby, MarieBooker T Washington was an influential African American educator in the early 20th century. This book tells of the desire of the young Booker T. Washington to learn to read.
KS2
Orchard Books, ISBN 0531094642

Author/Editor Miller, William
Tells the story of Richard Wright in the segregated South of the 1920s, and his determination to be allowed to borrow books.
KS2
Lee & Low, 2000, ISBN 1880000881

Author/Editor Benjamin, Anne
Picture book detailing the life and work of Harriet Tubman who was born a slave, escaped and helped other slaves to do so and took an active role for the Northern army in the civil war. She later spoke out for women's rights and started schools for black children.
KS1
Troll Communications, 1997, ISBN 081672539X

Author/ Editor Ferris, Jeri
A detailed biography of Harriet Tubman, for more able readers.
KS2/3
Carolrhoda Books, 1988, ISBN 0876145047

Author/Editor Rowley, John
In the Heinemann Lives and Times Series, this biography is aimed at young readers. Harriet Tubman's life story is told in large easy print, with lots of illustrations. The second half of the book encourages children to think about how they can find out more, and how primary sources provide historical knowledge.
KS1/2
Heinemann, 2002, ISBN 1403400296

Author/Editor Adler, David
A picture book, narrating the story of Sojourner Truth. Born a slave in 1797, she gained her freedom in 1826 and later became one of the first African-American women in the United States to win a lawsuit against a white man. She travelled across the US preaching on religion and against slavery and advocated rights for women. During the civil war in the US she cared for slaves who had run north to freedom and later became a counsellor to the freed slaves.
KS1/2
Holiday House, 1996, ISBN 0823412628

Author/Editor Joly, Edward L.
Contains stories told by Mother Teresa (1910-1997)) in her work in Calcutta at the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity.
KS2
Element, 2000, ISBN 184207010X

uthor/Editor Weidt, Maryann
Taken from her African family at the age of seven, Phyllis Wheatley arrived in Boston in 1761. Quickly learning to read and write, this slave girl became an internationally recognised poet.
KS3
Turtleback Books, 1997, ISBN 0688100570

Author/Editor Myers, Walter Dean
Though Malcolm X faced hard times when growing up and even went to jail, he became a powerful leader in the American Civil Rights struggle when he became a member of the Nation of Islam. This biography is illustrated with paintings by Leonard Jenkins.
KS3
Harper Collins, 2000, ISBN 0060277076