Overlooked Women in Picture Book Biographies (page 3)

CHILDREN'S

Released: Aug. 15, 2004

A WOMAN FOR PRESIDENT: THE STORY OF VICTORIA WOODHULL

by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Jane Dyer

"Krull, as always, gets it all and makes us want to know more. (bibliography) (Picture book/biography. 7-12)"

Krull, whose many gifts include the ability to make a complicated life comprehensible, and Dyer, whose pictorial sweetness does not mask an iron vision, offer the life of the feminist, spiritualist, and activist Victoria Woodhull. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Nov. 12, 2002

A LIBRARY FOR JUANA: THE WORLD OF SOR JUANA INÉS

by Pat Mora, illustrated by Beatriz Vidal

"Nevertheless, this magnificent offering, interspersed with Spanish phrases, and filled with authentic details in its illustrations will be a welcome addition to most library collections. (Picture book/biography. 5-10)"

This picture-book biography of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz brings the great 17th-century poet and intellectual, revered throughout Latin America, to the attention of English-speaking children. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Oct. 1, 2002

THANK YOU, SARAH: THE WOMAN WHO SAVED THANKSGIVING

by Laurie Halse Anderson, illustrated by Matt Faulkner

"Thank you, Anderson and Faulkner. (bibliography of sources) (Picture book/biography. 6-9)"

The impish Faulkner (The Monster Who Ate My Peas, 2001, etc.) illustrates this rousing account of Sarah Hale's campaign to make Thanksgiving a national holiday with crowds of caricatured celebrants in buckskins, football equipment, and every style of dress in between. Read full book review >

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