NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 11, 2011
"Firstbrook's account complements Obama's own, though it is of much more limited appeal."
CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 16, 2010
"In this case, readers, book and author alike will be best served by moving on. (Picture book. 4-8)"
President Barack Obama's picture-book survey of Great Americans in Of Thee I Sing appears calculated to offend as few readers as possible.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 12, 2010
"An engaging overview of the president's early political education."
Journalist McClelland (
The Third Coast: Sailors, Strippers, Fishermen, Folksingers, Long-Haired Ojibway Painters, and God-Save-the-Queen Monarchists of the Great Lakes, 2008, etc.) looks at the effect of President Obama's years in Chicago.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2010
"This disappointing biography may appeal to parents looking for inspiring stories of successful women, but it's unfortunate that the author has defined success only in terms of her subject's acceptance at prestigious schools and marriage. (Picture book/biography. 4-7)"
The author and illustrator of Obama: Only in America (2010) offer a companion life of the First Lady, showing the values of her childhood family and summarizing her schooling and her current role.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2010
"Weatherford's commemorative "American Baptism" provides a powerful finale to this undeniably passionate offering. (Picture book/biography. 6-9)"
This lyrical tribute to the 44th U.S. President describes Barack Obama's diverse childhood experiences and his various mentors and concludes with his successful presidential election.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 2, 2009
"The perfect book with which to recall and appreciate the significance of Obama's journey to the White House."
A collection of astute articles penned as longtime
New Yorker writer Hertzberg (
Politics: Observations and Arguments, 1966–2004, 2004, etc.) watched Barack Obama's historic presidential campaign.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 27, 2009
"An alert, thoroughly readable assessment of a candidacy that seemed unlikely only to those who weren't paying attention."
The editor-in-chief of the NAACP's
The Crisis magazine conducts a celebratory
tour d'horizon of the cultural and political developments that paved the way for Barack Obama's rise.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 26, 2008
"Still, of the three candidates' picture-book biographies out this season, this stands as the one most likely to communicate to children on a visceral level. (author's, illustrator's notes, resources, timeline, family tree) (Picture book/biography. 5-10)"
When David wonders why all those people on TV are shouting one man's name, his mother tells him Barack Obama's story.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 1995
"At its best, despite an occasional lack of analysis, this affecting study of self-definition perceptively reminds us that the dilemmas of race generally express themselves in terms of individual human struggles."
