Wilma Mankiller (On My Own Biographies) [Paperback]

Linda Lowery (Author), Janice Lee Porter (Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 2-4--A competent, easy-to-read biography of the first woman chief of the Cherokee Nation. Events in Mankiller's life are briefly recounted--her childhood, her family's relocation to San Francisco, her return to Oklahoma as an adult, and her work to improve living conditions for the Cherokee people as deputy chief, then chief. Her feelings of alienation, loneliness, determination, and faith shine through the simple text. Intense colors paint faces and scenes with broad, abstract strokes, filling the pages with driving movement. However, Charnan Simon's Wilma P. Mankiller (Children's, 1991) has more depth and a greater scope.

Jacqueline Elsner, Athens Regional Library, GA

Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

--This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (June 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876149530
• ISBN-13: 978-0876149539
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,615,131 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Linda Lowery is a New York Times' best-selling author of more than fifty books for young readers. Born in Chicago, Linda and her writer-illustrator husband Richard Keep split their time between Boulder, Colorado and the colonial town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She visits with teachers and children in classrooms around the world via Skype.