Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman is a 1996 children's picture book by Alan Schroeder and is illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.

"[1] Booklist found "The blend of fact and fiction is occasionally problematic (was she really planning escape at eight years old, or was that age chosen to suit the picture-book audience?

), but kids will be moved by the picture of secret childhood rebellion in someone who grew up to lead hundreds to freedom.

"[1] Publishers Weekly gave a starred review and wrote "With color and feeling he [Schroeder] humanizes a historic figure, coaxing readers to imagine or research the rest of the story.

Pinkney's (John Henry) full-bodied watercolors evoke a strong sense of time and place.