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Grade 3-6–Rankin was born in Montana in 1880 and attended the newly formed University of Montana. After leading a successful campaign for womens suffrage in her home state, she was elected to Congress in 1916. In 1919 she was the only woman who voted for the bill that became the 19th Amendment. A stanch advocate of peace, she voted against Americas entry into both World Wars. At times Marx waxes lyrical in admiration for her subjects commitment to peace, but acknowledges that Rankins antiwar sentiments were controversial. The writing is clear and interesting but sources are not cited and there is no bibliography. The muted colors of Andreasens sensitive oil paintings and skillful graphite sketches reinforce the peaceful tone of the narrative. Each sentence starts on a new line, which makes the type look ragged and might disrupt the flow of the prose for some readers. Still, the writing and the illustrations make this a good choice for young readers who enjoy biographies. Report writers might prefer Mary Barmeyer OBriens Jeannette Rankin: Bright Star in the Big Sky (Falcon, 2001).–Donna Cardon, Provo City Library, UT
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Gr. 3-5. Rankin is someone children should know: the first woman to sit in the House of Representatives, and the only female to vote for woman suffrage in Congress. Marx does an excellent job introducing her, in occasionally lyrical prose: "Jeanette Rankin was born in Montana--/ Big Sky Country. / The sky was as blue as the feathers on a blue jay's back." The use of short sentences, almost free verse, keeps explanations short and simple, but sometimes the technique works against providing added information, especially in the later chapters when Rankin, as an advocate of nonviolence, votes against the U.S. entry into World War II. Still, this is a full biography that traces Rankin's life from the Montana wilds and her work for social causes to her terms as congressional representative from Montana. Andreasen's art raises this above many picture-book biographies. Handsome watercolors alternate with drawings that resemble the work of George Dana Gibson. These pencil sketches, on buff-colored paper, evoke a time past. The disconcerting lack of source notes or even a bibliography is surprising, but this offers much to report writers and browsers alike. Ilene Cooper
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Grade 3-6–Rankin was born in Montana in 1880 and attended the newly formed University of Montana. After leading a successful campaign for womens suffrage in her home state, she was elected to Congress in 1916. In 1919 she was the only woman who voted for the bill that became the 19th Amendment. A stanch advocate of peace, she voted against Americas entry into both World Wars. At times Marx waxes lyrical in admiration for her subjects commitment to peace, but acknowledges that Rankins antiwar sentiments were controversial. The writing is clear and interesting but sources are not cited and there is no bibliography. The muted colors of Andreasens sensitive oil paintings and skillful graphite sketches reinforce the peaceful tone of the narrative. Each sentence starts on a new line, which makes the type look ragged and might disrupt the flow of the prose for some readers. Still, the writing and the illustrations make this a good choice for young readers who enjoy biographies. Report writers might prefer Mary Barmeyer OBriens Jeannette Rankin: Bright Star in the Big Sky (Falcon, 2001).–Donna Cardon, Provo City Library, UT
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Gr. 3-5. Rankin is someone children should know: the first woman to sit in the House of Representatives, and the only female to vote for woman suffrage in Congress. Marx does an excellent job introducing her, in occasionally lyrical prose: "Jeanette Rankin was born in Montana--/ Big Sky Country. / The sky was as blue as the feathers on a blue jay's back." The use of short sentences, almost free verse, keeps explanations short and simple, but sometimes the technique works against providing added information, especially in the later chapters when Rankin, as an advocate of nonviolence, votes against the U.S. entry into World War II. Still, this is a full biography that traces Rankin's life from the Montana wilds and her work for social causes to her terms as congressional representative from Montana. Andreasen's art raises this above many picture-book biographies. Handsome watercolors alternate with drawings that resemble the work of George Dana Gibson. These pencil sketches, on buff-colored paper, evoke a time past. The disconcerting lack of source notes or even a bibliography is surprising, but this offers much to report writers and browsers alike. Ilene Cooper
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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