Eva Peron: First Lady of the People (Fact Finders Biographies: Great Hispanics) [Library Binding]

Spengler (Author), Kremena (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: Fact Finders Biographies: Great Hispanics

Provides an introduction to the life and biography of Eva Peron, a popular entertainer and first lady in Argentina.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: Capstone Press (September 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736864156
• ISBN-13: 978-0736864152
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,683,990 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "Eva Peron: First Lady of the People" is a Brief, Uncomplicated Biography for the Young Reader., January 20, 2007

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E. Valero "Eterno" (Woodbridge, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eva Peron: First Lady of the People (Fact Finders Biographies: Great Hispanics) (Library Binding)

This curious item is a basic, straight-forward biography of Argentina's Eva Duarte Peron. It is targetted for the young reader and it's an illustrated (photos), easy to read hard-cover narrative with some interesting pictures.

The only minor complaints I had with the book was that the author kept referring to Eva as "Peron" and at times, I got confused since Eva is usually referred to as "Eva" and/or "Evita". And let's remember that when Eva arrived in Buenos Aires in 1935 at the age of 15, she was Eva Duarte; a thin, ambitious brunette and not Eva Peron, the glamorous blonde beauty of a decade later. The pictures were also a bit of a let down since some were inferior reproductions and hardly any pictures of Eva's artistic period are displayed. They do include a glossy, air-brushed studio portrait of Norma Shearer.(??)

Still this book is interesting enough to keep the young reader intrigued. Who would have thought that a controversial woman like Eva Peron would be given such an admirable, G-rated retelling of her amazing and all too brief life?

3 stars for the effort but it could have been much better.