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jaij7's review against another edition
5.0
Eleanor Roosevelt is such an inspiring person. Her words and life encourage me to be a better human and to work harder for the life I want for my children and their children.
kristenremenar's review against another edition
5.0
Great biography about an amazing person - Rappaport does a brilliant job of bringing Eleanor Roosevelt's to an accessible level for elementary readers.
kailawil's review against another edition
4.0
I love that direct quotes were incorporated into the text
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
4.0
A children's picture book biography. At this point Eleanor Roosevelt is mostly known for having been her husband's wife. But apparently she did a lot more than that. An interesting choice for a children's biography. The writing was direct and kind of brutally honest - the first page says her father "drank a lot and wasn't home much" and her mother "thought Eleanor was ugly and too serious". This set the tone for the rest of the book as well. This book definitely made it clear that Eleanor Roosevelt and her role in the world is worth remembering.
alysona's review against another edition
5.0
I found the illustrations, text and quotes equally moving!
mslibrarynerd's review against another edition
4.0
Not a read aloud book, despite the simple looking text. This book is very heavy and dark, both in content and in illustration. I liked the content and it portrayed a very wonderful and brave woman in American history, but I would hesitate to recommend it to a young audience.
bookbrig's review against another edition
4.0
Such great illustrations! Also, I love the way they tucked her quotes throughout the story.
scostner's review against another edition
4.0
I love the way Doreen uses Eleanor's own words to sum up each vignette presented in the book. I was teary-eyed by the end.
calistareads's review against another edition
4.0
I knew so little about Eleanor. She very much appreciate this woman now. “Do something every day that scares you.” What a great philosophy she had, but that is tough. It takes a lot of energy to do that daily.
She was called many names in her life, Ugly being a word hurled at her often, but she never listened to people like that. Quote “Do what you feel in your heart to be right— for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
She has some great quotes. “You must do the things you cannot do.” That is pretty scary too. She gave speeches all over and she got women involved in politics.
She visited all over during the depression and she saw first hand how people suffered. Her husband was in a wheelchair and she would go back and report to the president all the people she spoke with. He started all the programs after what he heard. Quote “Government has a responsibility to defend the weak.” That’s a fantastic one. I do believe that is what government is here to do. That’s it function and why it is important and why it does not need to be drowned in a bathtub. She was the only first lady to visit with normal folks while in office.
She did her best to help African Americans during that time too. I didn’t know this, but she left the daughters of the American Revolution when they refused to let Marian Anderson sing in their auditorium. She said, “To remain a member implies approval of that action.” She set up Marian to sing at the LIncoln Memorial where 75,000 black and white people could hear her together.
She visited troops overseas and lifted spirits. She was against the Japanese American internment in WWII.
She went to the United nations. They came up with a world declaration of Rights. “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” That’s an amazing statement. Human being - all genders, all races, all people, all classes. Extraordinary. I like that they use the word dignity too.
Great book for anyone interested in learning about this fantastic lady. She was an empowered woman in a time when woman were supposed to be at home working. This is a great little story to get you into Eleanor and wanting to know more about her. I’m hooked.
I read this to the niece and she was impressed. She isn’t much into history so she still gave it 3 stars, but she had a gleaning of how much this woman did. The nephew got very squirmy as it is long and there are no elements in there he liked. He still heard it and gave it 1 star. Maybe a little something sunk in.
She was called many names in her life, Ugly being a word hurled at her often, but she never listened to people like that. Quote “Do what you feel in your heart to be right— for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
She has some great quotes. “You must do the things you cannot do.” That is pretty scary too. She gave speeches all over and she got women involved in politics.
She visited all over during the depression and she saw first hand how people suffered. Her husband was in a wheelchair and she would go back and report to the president all the people she spoke with. He started all the programs after what he heard. Quote “Government has a responsibility to defend the weak.” That’s a fantastic one. I do believe that is what government is here to do. That’s it function and why it is important and why it does not need to be drowned in a bathtub. She was the only first lady to visit with normal folks while in office.
She did her best to help African Americans during that time too. I didn’t know this, but she left the daughters of the American Revolution when they refused to let Marian Anderson sing in their auditorium. She said, “To remain a member implies approval of that action.” She set up Marian to sing at the LIncoln Memorial where 75,000 black and white people could hear her together.
She visited troops overseas and lifted spirits. She was against the Japanese American internment in WWII.
She went to the United nations. They came up with a world declaration of Rights. “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” That’s an amazing statement. Human being - all genders, all races, all people, all classes. Extraordinary. I like that they use the word dignity too.
Great book for anyone interested in learning about this fantastic lady. She was an empowered woman in a time when woman were supposed to be at home working. This is a great little story to get you into Eleanor and wanting to know more about her. I’m hooked.
I read this to the niece and she was impressed. She isn’t much into history so she still gave it 3 stars, but she had a gleaning of how much this woman did. The nephew got very squirmy as it is long and there are no elements in there he liked. He still heard it and gave it 1 star. Maybe a little something sunk in.