Blacksmith's Song by Elizabeth Van SteenwykMy rating: ★★★★★
Blacksmith's Song narrates the story of the black slavery in the past, and on how these enslaved people manage to escape from their oppressors. According to the author, they used several techniques on how to communicate furtively about methods of escaping — one of this might be the use of using the blacksmith's hammer.
On the other, Anna Rich is the illustrator of the exquisite artworks in this picture book. I assume that Rich used oil paint because of the texture of the paintings. She vividly rendered the story of the blacksmith and his family in this book.
There was no longer black slavery at present time, but slavery may still be existing in other parts of the world. This picture storybook is a reminder and an eye-opener on how wicked slavery was, and that it should be destroyed completely.
