Who Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg?: A Who Was? Board Book

by Lisbeth Kaiser, Stanley Chow (Illustrator), Who HQ

Overview

Introducing the latest addition to the Who HQ program: board book biographies of relevant and important figures, created specifically for the preschool audience!

The #1 New York Times Bestselling Who Was? series expands into the board book space, bringing age-appropriate biographies of influential figures to readers ages 2-4.

The chronology and themes of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's meaningful life are presented in a masterfully succinct text, with just a few sentences per page. The fresh, stylized illustrations are sure to captivate young readers and adults alike. With a read-aloud biographical summary in the back, this age-appropriate introduction honors and shares the life and work of one of the most influential supreme court justices of our time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593222744
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	12/08/2020
Series:	Who Was? Board Books
Pages:	26
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	AD620L (what's this?)
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Lisbeth Kaiser is a writer and children's book author. Two of her books in the internationally bestselling LITTLE PEOPLE, BIG DREAMS series, Maya Angelou and Emmeline Pankhurst, were selected for the ALA's Amelia Bloomer Book List. Lisbeth lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters.

Stan Chow was born and raised in Manchester, England, where he currently resides.
He began his career in 1997 as a fashion illustrator and storyboard artist and has become one of the most highly respected and established artists in the U.K. He works with various media in the advertising, design, publishing, packaging, gaming, animation, and interactive spheres. Chow was guest of honor at the prestigious Hamley's Toy Store in London for the launch of a children's book series he illustrated, The Adventures of Eddie, a Very Special Pigeon. More recently he has been devoting time to his first love: cartoons and caricatures. His design for The White Stripes USB memory stick was nominated for a Grammy award.

Editorial Reviews

2021-03-31
A child-friendly retrospective of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life and legacy.

While a life as meaningful as Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s cannot possibly fit in a board book, this admirably distills her story and achievements into the most accessible form possible. Yes, the text is lengthy for the format, and conceptually, some topics are above the comprehension of the targeted audience, but the message that defined Ginsburg’s career, that a girl is “just as important as a boy,” shines clear. Starting with Ruth’s origins as a young Jewish girl, the text follows her as she becomes a lawyer and parent, discusses a smattering of her glass-ceiling–shattering jobs and legal rulings, before ending with her on the Supreme Court. Though the unvarnished language reads like early-reader text, the austere words convey a certain poignancy. The companion text on Martin Luther King Jr. is warm and welcoming but too often relies on generic statements about his “big, strong heart” while his civil right accomplishments remain implied rather than clearly stated. In a nod to the intended listeners, Dr. King’s assassination goes unmentioned. In each, a concluding biographical paragraph with a photograph is largely rehash. The flat, angular, caricature-style art is stylish but borders on lifeless. The cast in the Ginsburg book defaults to mostly White characters while, unsurprisingly, that of the King title defaults African American.

No dissent here—this is a solid introduction to a beloved feminist icon. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews