Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation After the Civil War breaks out, young Ben finds himself in a slave prison and astonishes his fellow prisoners by reading aloud the newspaper account of Lincoln's new Emancipation Proclamation. This full-color picture book is based on actual events.

 

This book was recognised by the Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by William B Eerdmans Publishing Co .

Carole Boston Weatherford is an award-winning poet and author of over two dozen books for young readers. She lives in High Point, North Carolina. Floyd Cooper has illustrated more than sixty books for children and young adults including Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies & Little Mises of Color by Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson and Tough Boy Sonatas by Curtis L. Crisler. He lives in Easton, Pennsylvania.