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lsparrow's review against another edition
5.0
love books that tell the stories that history has tired to forget! and what is better than someone who lives their own life no matter how out of the ordinary!
jaij7's review against another edition
5.0
What an extraordinary life Adelaide Herrmann lived! I truly enjoyed this book with the style and the story. Great book for kids who enjoy bios or magic.
cimorene1558's review against another edition
4.0
I love discovering non-fiction about people you would never hear of if someone hadn't written a book about them.
aylea's review against another edition
5.0
This review published by Brigham Young University's Children's Book and Media Review
Addie never wanted to be ordinary. Even though it shocks her family (and several other people), she went on the stage and performed as a dancer and bicyclist. On her way to America, she met a man named Alexander, but he was known as the famous magician Herrmann the Great. They decide to get married and she joins him in his performances onstage doing magic and even getting shot out of a cannon. When her husband dies, she decides to take the show into her own hands and become the first woman magician. To get people to come, she does the very dangerous, potentially fatal bullet-catching trick.
Known as the Queen of Magic, Adelaide Herrmann shocked audiences as one of the first female magicians. Her story disappeared for many years, but recently her memoir has reappeared and this picture book was created to help tell her story. While it’s not a great introduction to magic and magicians, it does talk about the famous bullet-catching trick and a link at the back gives readers a place to go if they want to know how it is done. The book emphasizes a woman who does what she’s passionate about even when society tells her that she shouldn’t. The gorgeous illustrations reflect the styles of the time and pull in readers. More information about Addie and her life can be found in the back of the book. This beautiful book is a fun way to learn about a woman who took her own path to becoming one of the world’s first female magicians.
Addie never wanted to be ordinary. Even though it shocks her family (and several other people), she went on the stage and performed as a dancer and bicyclist. On her way to America, she met a man named Alexander, but he was known as the famous magician Herrmann the Great. They decide to get married and she joins him in his performances onstage doing magic and even getting shot out of a cannon. When her husband dies, she decides to take the show into her own hands and become the first woman magician. To get people to come, she does the very dangerous, potentially fatal bullet-catching trick.
Known as the Queen of Magic, Adelaide Herrmann shocked audiences as one of the first female magicians. Her story disappeared for many years, but recently her memoir has reappeared and this picture book was created to help tell her story. While it’s not a great introduction to magic and magicians, it does talk about the famous bullet-catching trick and a link at the back gives readers a place to go if they want to know how it is done. The book emphasizes a woman who does what she’s passionate about even when society tells her that she shouldn’t. The gorgeous illustrations reflect the styles of the time and pull in readers. More information about Addie and her life can be found in the back of the book. This beautiful book is a fun way to learn about a woman who took her own path to becoming one of the world’s first female magicians.
carolynaugustyn's review against another edition
4.0
Wow wow wow, this was a stunning looking book about a pretty stunning lady! I had never heard of Adelaide Herrmann, which is a huge shame, and her story was really quite interesting! Female magicians are fairly rare, even today, so reading about how she broke into the magic world was very empowering and awesome to learn about. The best part of the book is the stunning illustrations and design- it's colorful and whimsical and beautifully done. Kids will love looking at the pages just to enjoy the artwork, it's that good. Definitely recommend!
brandysith's review against another edition
5.0
I also never heard of Adelaide Herrmann, so I'm quite glad this book exists. Like so many other children's books (I Dissent, Frida, The Kid from Diamond Street), it is a great starting point to learn more about these amazing women left out from history.
lady_mair's review against another edition
4.0
Each page bursts with color and excitement in parallel to Adelaide Herrmann’s desire to “astonish, shock, and dazzle.” A fascinating glimpse of a historical figure whom I had never heard of before!
idgey's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
Very cool looking and a fascinating story but someone needs to get the author a thesaurus so we can have a word besides "shocking"
the_lobrarian's review against another edition
- Illustrations are pencil and colored digitally
kemendraugh's review against another edition
5.0
Rewriting history in the best way possible! By adding TRUTH. I loved the art in this book, the story, the endnotes. I mostly loved Adelaide.