Eleanor Roosevelt (Heinle Reading Library) [Paperback]

Shannon Donnelly (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 23, 2006 | Series: Heinle Reading Library

This latest addition to "The Heinle Reading Library" teaches students the life stories of great American heroes while enhancing reading skills. By providing students with this important foundation, "The Heinle Reading Library: Biography Collection" offers a unique approach to teaching American culture while expanding fluency.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Thomson Elt (August 23, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1424005353
• ISBN-13: 978-1424005352
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,828,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Shannon Donnelly's writing has repeatedly earned top reviews, including praise from Booklist as: "simply superb"..."wonderfully uplifting"....and "beautifully written."

Her work has won the Romance Writers of America's national Golden Heart, was nominated for RWA's RITA and Romantic Times Book Club Best Regency. She also won the Grand Prize in the "Minute Maid Sensational Romance Writer" contest, judged by Nora Roberts, which gave her a trip to Paris.

In addition to her Regency romances, now all available on Kindle, she has novellas published in several anthologies, and has written young adult horror, activity books, and computer games.

Currently, Shannon is a member of RWA and several RWA chapters, as well as a member of Novelists Inc. She has taught online classes for UCLA, Savvy Authors, EarthlyCharms, and has been a speaker at the RWA National Conference and the Historical Novelist Society. Her abiding passions include--besides writing--her dogs, reading, gardening, painting, belly dancing, and the ever present horses in her life. She can be found online at sd-writer.com, facebook.com/sdwriter, and twitter.com/sdwriter.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The life of an excellent role model for young women, July 11, 2006

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Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eleanor Roosevelt (Heroes of America) (Library Binding)

Although the inexorable flow of social events would have eventually led to American First Ladies taking a more active role in politics, a disability sped it along. When Franklin Roosevelt was elected President, his confinement to a wheelchair prevented him from touring the country. It then became the job of his wife Eleanor to go out and do the visitations that the country expects the President to do.

In many ways, Franklin and Eleanor were the perfect political couple. Both were children of privilege and yet each somehow managed to develop a strong sense of social justice. Because she was such a trailblazer and a role model for women in the world, Eleanor Roosevelt was most likely the most powerful American woman of the twentieth century. Her willingness to literally get her hands dirty won her admiration from working people all over the country. I still remember the political cartoon I read in a collection many years ago. Two black-faced men are deep in a coal mine and one of them turns his head and says, "My God! It's Eleanor Roosevelt!" The fact that the cartoon represented actual events is a tribute to her willingness to do what was necessary to succeed.

Donnelly captures the determination, grace and intellect of Eleanor Roosevelt and puts her life and achievements in the proper perspective. Although not a great deal of time is spent on the sad events in her life, it is enough to demonstrate how Eleanor had to overcome a great deal of personal tragedy in order to succeed. The book is well written at the level of the middle school child, and is an inspiration to all girls who aspire to greatness. While it is easier for them to do it in modern times, role models are still needed and there are none better for young woman than Eleanor Roosevelt.

5.0 out of 5 stars Eleanor Roosevelt Heroes of America Biography, July 10, 2010

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Anna Clifford (REXBURG, ID, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Eleanor Roosevelt (Heroes of America) (Library Binding)

I was so excited to get this book for my elementary students! I loved it back in 5th grade, and I hope they'll love it too. The shipping was pretty quick and the book was in good condition.