A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt [With Paperback Book] (Picture Book Biography) [Audio Cassette]

David A. Adler (Author), Robert Casilla (Illustrator), Randye Kaye (Narrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1997 | Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: Picture Book Biography

A brief account of the life and accomplishments of Eleanor Roosevelt.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-Known as the "First Lady of the World," Eleanor Roosevelt's life is best characterized by her kindness, leadership, and determination despite periods of sorrow and tragedy from childhood through adulthood. Her contributions to the American people are endless. She campaigned successfully for Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Governorship of New York in 1928 and also for his U.S. Presidency in 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944. Even after FDR's death, she continued her political activities as United Nations representative and chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights. The oral presentation by Randye Kaye of the book by David Adler (Holiday, 1991) allows young children sufficient time to follow the text and provides a dramatic interpretation of the written word. The featured highlights of Eleanor Roosevelt's life give students a glimpse into her background as well as a capsule view of American history. The accompanying teacher's guide offers comprehension questions, vocabulary words, and topics for research. This biographical study will act as a springboard for further research in social studies, personal relationships, and character development. Eleanor Roosevelt offers many words of wisdom, but one statement will make a lasting impression, present a challenge and offer hope to the young: "You must do the thing you think you cannot do!" A worthwhile and significant addition to any elementary collection.
Patricia Mahoney Brown, Franklin Elementary School, Kenmore, NY
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Kirkus Reviews

Continuing his very brief biographies, Adler presents the essential facts here in a style so succinct that it can verge on parody (``Franklin's mother Sara often told Franklin and Eleanor what to do...Eleanor didn't complain, but later she refused to be bossed around''). Casilla's skillfully composed watercolors capture the pathos in many of the situations, though his figures are sometimes wooden and he emphasizes Eleanor's tendency to appear unprepossessing. Adequate but, of necessity, superficial. (Biography/Picture book. 5-9) -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Live Oak Media (NY); Pap/Cas edition (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874993997
• ISBN-13: 978-0874993998
• Product Dimensions: 15 x 6.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,225,754 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I write both fiction and non-fiction. I begin my fiction with the main character. The story comes later. Of course, since I'll be spending a lot of time with each main character, why not have him or her be someone I like? Andy Russell is based, loosely, on a beloved member of my family. He's fun to write about and the boy who inspired the character is even more fun to know. Cam Jansen is based even more loosely on a classmate of mine in the first grade whom we all envied because we thought he had a photographic memory. Now, especially when my children remind me of some promise they said I made, I really envy Cam's amazing memory. I have really enjoyed writing about Cam Jansen and her many adventures. For my books of non-fiction I write about subjects I find fascinating. My first biography was Our Golda: The Life of Golda Meir. To research that book, I bought a 1905 set of encyclopedia. Those books told me what each of the places Golda Meir lived in were like when she lived there. I've written many other biographies, including books about Martin Luther King, Jr; George Washington; Abraham Lincoln; Helen Keller; Harriet Tubman; Anne Frank; and many others in my Picture Book Biography series. I've been a Yankee and a Lou Gehrig fan for decades so I wrote Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man. It's more the story of his great courage than his baseball playing. Children face all sorts of challenges and it's my hope that some will be inspired by the courage of Lou Gehrig. I am working now on another book about a courageous man, Janusz Korczak. My book One Yellow Daffodil is fiction, too, but it's based on scores of interviews I did with Holocaust survivors for my books We Remember the Holocaust, Child of the Warsaw Ghetto, The Number on My Grandfather's Arm, and Hiding from the Nazis. The stories I heard were compelling. One Yellow Daffodil is both a look to the past and to the future, and expresses my belief in the great spirit and strength of our children. I love math and was a math teacher for many years, so it was fun for me to write several math books including Fraction Fun, Calculator Riddles, and Shape Up! Fun with Triangles and Other Polygons. In my office I have this sign, "Don't Think. Just Write!" and that's how I work. I try not to worry about each word, even each sentence or paragraph. For me stories evolve. Writing is a process. I rewrite each sentence, each manuscript, many times. And I work with my editors. I look forward to their suggestions, their help in the almost endless rewrite process. Well, it's time to get back to dreaming, and to writing, my dream of a job. David A. Adler is the author of more than 175 children's books, including the Young Cam Jansen series. He lives in Woodmere, New York.