Ellen Levine (1) (1939–2012)

Author of Henry's Freedom Box

For other authors named Ellen Levine, see the disambiguation page.

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About the Author

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 show more 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) show less

Works by Ellen Levine

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Henry's Freedom Box (2007) 3,973 copies

If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon (1986) 2,148 copies

If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad (1993) 1,637 copies

If Your Name was Changed at Ellis Island (1993) 1,541 copies

If You Lived at the Time of the Great San Francisco Earthquake (1987) 1,281 copies

If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King (1990) 1,223 copies

If You Lived with the Iroquois (1999) 1,090 copies

I Hate English! (A Blue Ribbon Book) (1989) 994 copies

Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories (1993) 297 copies

The Tree That Would Not Die (1995) 205 copies

Darkness Over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews (1905) 204 copies

The Journal of Jedediah Barstow: An Emigrant on the Oregon Trail, Overland, 1845 (2002) 183 copies

Ready, Aim, Fire!: The Real Adventures of Annie Oakley (1989) 158 copies

Secret Missions: Four True Life Stories (1988) 154 copies

Radical Feminism (1973) 99 copies

Catch a Tiger by the Toe (2005) 56 copies

Rebirth of Feminism (1971) 48 copies

If You Were an Animal Doctor (1988) 47 copies

Saved! Animal Rescues Great and Small (1997) 43 copies

In Trouble (Carolrhoda Lab) (2011) 36 copies

Seababy: A Little Otter Returns Home (2012) 33 copies

Anna Pavlova: Genius of the Dance (1995) 14 copies

"All she needs ..." (1973) 7 copies

Anna Pavlova 1 copy

Children's History 6 volume set: IF YOU... Lived at Time of American Revolution... At the Time of the Civil War...… 1 copy

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Pork Roasts: 250 Feminist Cartoons (1981) — Contributor — 4 copies

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Legal name: Levine, Ellen Deborah
Birthdate: 1939-03-09
Date of death: 2012-05-26
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Place of death: New York City, New York, USA
Cause of death: lung cancer
Places of residence: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
New York, New York, USA
Salem, New York, USA
Education: Brandeis University (1960)
New York University (JD)
Occupations: Documentary researcher
Law clerk
author
Relationships: Koedt, Anne (wife)
Awards and honors: American Judicature Society Prize 1978
Order of the Coif, NYU 1979
Writer's Hall of Fame 1981
YWCA's Academy of Women Achiever's Award 1982
American Society of Journalists and Authors Award 1986
Matrix Award from New York Women in Communications 1989 (show all 8)
Parents Choice Award 1990
Jane Addams Peace Award

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Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the… by Ellen Levine

Independent reading level grades second through fourth
Historical fiction ages five through eight.

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Teannawiggins21 | 504 other reviews | Mar 28, 2024 |

I Hate English! (A Blue Ribbon Book) by Ellen Levine

A book about a young Chinese girl who moved to the U.S. but does not want to speak English. Until a teacher came a long and slowly got the girl to open up and talk more. Now the girl is willing to talk in both English and Chinese.

Elementary

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Airyel_Flock | 57 other reviews | Mar 8, 2024 |

I Hate English! (A Blue Ribbon Book) by Ellen Levine

This book is great for any age. This book can help everyone struggling to learn a second language. This book is about a stubborn girl who doesn't want to learn English. She talks about the struggle and or the mental struggle that she has mentally.

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eweeks22 | 57 other reviews | Mar 6, 2024 |

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the… by Ellen Levine

A book about slavery and the Underground Railroad. A young boy named Henry, doesn't know how old he is, as no one keeps records on slaves. All Henry wants is his freedom and to have a birthday. He dreams about places far away. Henry is torn away from his family and is a warehouse worker. Later, he discovers that his family is sold at the slave market. Henry has an idea as he is lifting crates at the warehouse. Henry is a brave and smart and ends up mailing himself to the North.

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