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Eleanor Roosevelt was raised in a privileged but stern Victorian household, with an affectionate but mostly absent father and a critical mother who made fun of her daughter's looks. Alone and lonely for much of her childhood, Eleanor found solace in books and in the life of her lively and independent mind. Her intellectual gifts and compassionate heart won her the admiration of many friends — and the love of her future husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

While other young women of her class were spending time at dances and parties, Eleanor devoted her energies to teaching children in New York City's poorest neighborhoods. Later, she became the most ...

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Eleanor Roosevelt was raised in a privileged but stern Victorian household, with an affectionate but mostly absent father and a critical mother who made fun of her daughter's looks. Alone and lonely for much of her childhood, Eleanor found solace in books and in the life of her lively and independent mind. Her intellectual gifts and compassionate heart won her the admiration of many friends — and the love of her future husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

While other young women of her class were spending time at dances and parties, Eleanor devoted her energies to teaching children in New York City's poorest neighborhoods. Later, she became the most socially and politically active — and controversial — First Lady America had ever seen. Ambassador, activist, and champion of civil rights, Eleanor Roosevelt changed the soul of America forever.

In her eloquent prose, Doreen Rappaport captures the essence of Eleanor’s character and the deep significance of her legacy. With beautiful paintings by Gary Kelley and selections from Eleanor's own writings, Eleanor’s Big Words is an extraordinary tribute to an extraordinary American.

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Rappaport's spare text and Kelley's handsome paintings, evocative of WPA murals, reclaim the legendary first lady's story for the younger set, revealing the person behind the icon. Writing in clipped, one-or-two-sentence paragraphs that have the feel of blank verse, Rappaport is vivid and frank about Eleanor's unhappy childhood and overbearing mother-in-law ("Sara told Eleanor what clothes to buy and what food to serve.... She even chose their furniture"), although she demurs when it comes to the Roosevelts' own marital problems. Each spread is anchored by a quote from Eleanor herself, set in large type to convey her voice, growing sense of confidence and moral conviction (the opening endpapers read, "Do something every day that scares you," setting a powerful tone from the outset). Kelley's muted palette conveys the gravity of the times and provides a striking visual counterpoint to his dramatic, strongly geometric compositions. Even if readers have little sense of history, they will close the book understanding that it was America's great fortune to have Eleanor's life coincide with some of its darkest hours. Ages 5-8. (Feb.)

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Rappaport has chosen provocative quotations from the words of Eleanor Roosevelt as a framework for her brief summary of the life and work of this outstanding role model. Eleanor's mostly bleak and lonely childhood is followed by school in England, where she makes friends and learns about the world outside. Back in America, she becomes concerned about the lives of the poor children she chooses to teach. She meets, marries, and is at first happy with Franklin Roosevelt, but not with his overbearing mother. Her life proceeds through child raising, Franklin's rise in politics, and his fight with polio. She begins to speak up for women. After becoming First Lady, she continues her concern for the poor and for black Americans, as well as for the soldiers in World War II and even for Japanese-Americans in internment camps. After Franklin dies, she is busier than ever, fighting for what she feels is right. A frontal portrait of the young Eleanor, glowing with compassion and intellect, fills the front jacket, while the title and other traditional information is on the back. The anecdotal full-page scenes of the visual story add naturalistic details of her life, helping us understand her significant stature. Colors are somewhat muted in keeping with the emotional tone of her accomplishments, reflected in the quotations set in large type on each text page and across the end pages. Additional factual notes, a chronology, and research sources are included. Reviewer: Ken Marantz and Sylvia Marantz
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Once again Rappaport celebrates a noble, heroic life in powerful, succinct prose, with prominent, well-chosen, and judiciously placed quotes that both instruct and inspire. From her lonely childhood to her transformative education in Europe and marriage to Franklin Roosevelt, the subject is portrayed as a serious, intelligent, hardworking humanitarian. Despite the picture-book format, students get enough background and information to appreciate the woman's outstanding qualities and contributions as well as enough details for reports. As in Martin's Big Words (2001) and Abe's Honest Words (2008, both Hyperion), each spread features the winning combination of the author's text, the subject's quotes, and evocative artwork. Personal notes from the author and illustrator are appended. The evocative pictures tell the story of both the subject and her country. Kelley's subtle use of contrast, such as Roosevelt's posh townhouse juxtaposed against a poorly lit tenement or Marian Anderson, clad in black, in front of the Lincoln Memorial, is quite powerful. Celebrate women in history and in politics with this picture-book life.-Barbara Auerbach, New York City Public Schools

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780786851416
  • Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
  • Publication date: 2/3/2009
  • Pages: 48
  • Sales rank: 540,069
  • Lexile: AD670L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 10.20 (w) x 11.10 (h) x 0.50 (d)

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