Alice Roosevelt was a plucky girl and a fun character for a book! Why haven't we seen her before?
This tells the story of the less-than-proper oldest daughter of Teddy Roosevelt and her antics growing up in and around prestidential politics. When her father was elected to the presidency, she was 17 and soon took on an ambassador level assignment and traveled the world spreading good will and collecting gifts from all her admirers. Despite her dad's constant requests to tone down her antics, she remained one of his confidants and a stalwart in Washington until her death in her 80's.
Thorough author's note and sources at the end.
3/03/2009
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Thanks so much for the kind words about ALICE. For those interested in learning more, there are teacher activities posted on my web site,
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Barbara Kerley
Second! A great example of perseverance, independence, and positive self-esteem (even though, as the author's note indicates, she may not have felt like she "belonged" in the family the way her stepsiblings did.) Among other ideas, I can see this book being grouped with other biographies promoting Women's History Month.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, I love the way that some of the illustrations seem to almost jump off the page. I wonder if the Visual Arts teacher at my school could use it with a lesson on perspective...maybe paired with the book What Do Illustrators Do, which gives some attention to how an illustrator places their pictures on the page to either look very far or near and perhaps large or small?
SECOND. I loved this quirky biography of one of our nation's first daughters, Alice Roosevelt. The book was interesting and funny. I was hooked from the very first page. The writing was vivid and the illustrations were fantastic. I too enjoyed the resources and more straight-forward synopsis in the back of the book.
ReplyDeleteI loved this book! I like how even though it is a picture book, the illustrations of Alice and Theodore Roosevelt looked very realistic. I also appreciated that Theodore was called "Father" throughout the book, which didn't take away from his status as a President, but at the same time truly made the story all about Alice.
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