DANIEL BOONE'S GREAT ESCAPE

DANIEL BOONE'S GREAT ESCAPE by Michael P. Spradlin. Illustrated by Ard Hoyt

If you have an adventurous boy or girl, Daniel Boone's Great Escape by Michael P. Spradlin is a great picture book! Daniel, at one point, was actually captured by the Shawnee Indians. During that time he was forced to run the gauntlet and later adopted as a chief's son. When he learned that the Shawnee were about to attack Boonesborough, where his family lived, he knew it was time to make his escape. The Shawnee had brought him over 160 miles from his Kentucky home into southern Ohio. This picture book highlights the perils of his journey back to his family.

Illustrations are high action to go with the text and lots of fun to examine.

Epilogue at the end gives lots of additional info to curious kids as to the rest of his life.

So why the minor caution? Two things really to be aware of with sensitive kids. 1) The action of running the gauntlet. Not heavy detail, but this was a reality in the Shawnee life for prisoners. 2) The Shawnee are going to attack Boonesborough, because a chief of theirs was murdered by the white people. Their goal was vengeance and Daniel's family and friends will perish if he doesn't succeed.