Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Life

Candace Fleming
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No matter how the question is answered, one thing is clear: There has hardly been a life in the last century that Eleanor Roosevelt has not affected, in one way or another. From securing safe, low-cost housing for Kentucky's poor, to helping her grandchildren hang a tire swing on the White House's south lawn, to representing America as the first female delegate to the United Nations, Eleanor rarely kept a second of her life for herself -- and she wouldn't have had it any other way.
In this stunning "scrapbook" biography, Candace Fleming, author of the acclaimed Ben Franklin's Almanac, turns her keen eye to our nation's premier First Lady. Filled with photographs of everything from Eleanor's speech at the 1940 Democratic National Convention to her high school report card, as well as fascinating stories about life in and out of the White House, Our Eleanor gives us a remarkable perspective on a remarkable woman, and presents to a new generation an Eleanor to call its own.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/01/2005
ISBN: 9780689865442
Pages: 192
Weight: 2.13lbs
Size: 11.44h x 8.44w x 0.75d
Award: Society of Midland Authors Award - Honorable Mention
Award: Jefferson Cup - Honor Book

Review Citations: Ingram Children's Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 71
Booklist 09/01/2005 pg. 108
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2005 pg. 334 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Publishers Weekly 09/19/2005 pg. 68
Kirkus Review - Children 09/01/2005 pg. 972
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2005 pg. 734
School Library Journal 11/01/2005 pg. 158
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2005 pg. 44
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2005 pg. 180 - Recommended
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/01/2006 pg. 6
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/01/2006 pg. 26
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2006 pg. 170 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 101284 / Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Life
Reading Level: 8 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 10