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A Picture Book of Sacagawea (Picture Book Biographies)

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A Picture Book Of Sacagawea is an illustrated children's book with a brief biography of Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who served and guide and interpreter for the exploration/journey of Lewis and Clark into the great Northwest territory of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. From her birth in 17888 or 89 in Idaho to the end of the expedition in Fort Mandan, August of 1806, the biography gives known details of Sacagawea's many helpful and courageous actions. Her eventful life is still incompletely known. The dates of her death are given as "either December 20, 1812, or April 9, 1884." But her life is definitely an example of inspiration to young readers. The colorful illustrations are complementary but not distracting from the simply written text. The author and illustrator give special thanks to Brigham D. Madsen, author of The Northern Shoshoni and Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Utah. In addition, there is a selective bibliography to encourage young readers to look further for information about this Shoshoni woman. A Picture Book Of Sacagawea is an excellent resource for elementary or middle school age students.

Nancy Lorraine, Reviewer

This is a great book that will give students an insight into the life of Sacagawea. It details her time with Lewis and Clark. It also gives students an idea of what life was like for explorers traveling west in the early 19th century.

This book was a biography of Sacagawea. It begins with her birth in 1788 or 1789 on the western part of the Rocky Mountains. It goes on to her capture by the Hidatsa warriors and her marriage to Toussaint Carbonneau. The biography also covers significant events that occurred during the Lewis and Clark Expedition. I liked how this book gave more insight into Sacagawea's life as well as the Lewis and Clark expedition. There was much information and details that I did not know before. It also included great illustrations. Overall, I thought it was a great book.

I Liked this book because it wasn't to hard to read and it didn't tell every single detail it stayed on Sacagawea it didn't like start talking about clark or anything it stayed on her not her baby her.


MaryGrace Cruser

Our family just returned from a trip to Salmon, Idaho and I wanted a book for the grandkiddos (all under age five) and the picture book was perfect.

The illustrations in this book convey a great deal of the context and emotion. They are very well done and they do more than half the work of the storytelling. Great illustrations of the Shoshone village and Fort Mandan.

The book is good information, and it's easy reading. We are using it for our summer home school unit on Lewis and Clark. This is not a thrilling book, but it's good.