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Title: A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women by Lynne Cheney, Robin Preiss Glasser ISBN: 0-689-85819-1 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Abigail Adams and hundreds of other American women
Comment: You might think that from the title of "A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women," that Lynne Cheney (yes, the wife of the Vice President of the United States), is going to introduce us to twenty-six women, one for each letter of the alphabet. You might be wondering if Cheney is going to go by first names or last names, since Abigail is Abigail Adams (the wife of the first Vice President of the United States) and you could go either way. The answer to the second question is the Cheney uses last names but more importantly on the first point she introduces us to a lot more than twenty-six American women. For example, "D" is for Emily Dickinson, the country's greatest poet, but the names of other poets from Edna St. Vincent Milay to Sylvia Plath, while "F" is for the First Ladies from Martha Washington to Laura Bush, and includes a great quotation from Barbara Bush's great commencement speech at Wellesley College in 1990. Then you should see the four page spread that opens up to show all the performers for "P," from Carol Burnett to Katharine Hepburn, or everything that is crammed into the two pages on "U" for US history.
The back of this book includes Notes on the Text that provides details about all 28 of those poets and some of the First Ladies. The illustrations are by Robin Preiss Glasser, who collaborated with Cheney on "America: A Patriotic Primer." Hopefully one day young readers will be able to appreciate the details that Glasser puts into her art, such as having Carol Burnett in the infamous curtain dress from the "Gone with the Wind" parody and doing the painting of Mary Cassatt in the style of a Mary Cassatt painting. This book intends to bring to light the "remarkable (although often unmarked) achievements of American women." Young readers should be captivated just by what they learn about Abigail Adams on the opening spread of this engaging volume, and if what little they learn here about Althea Gibson, Elizabeth Peabody, Jane Addams, Nellie Bly, Anne Sullivan and the rest of these American women inspires them to find out some more details about even a half-dozen of them, that would certainly be a step in the right direction.
Rating: 5
Summary: This book will make a difference for young and old alike!
Comment: What an incredible validation of the accomplishments of women to share with our children and grandchildren. Each page is filled with information and illustrations that will encourage young and older women alike. There are hours and hours of entertainment and education between the covers of this book. As adults we will not only be reading these books with our children we will be learning with them, too. Hats off to Lynne Cheney for the inspiration of the subject matter and the desire to bring history to our children in such a beautiful format. Hats off to Robin Preiss Glaser for bringing women's history to life through her illustrations. We need more children's books like this one; written by women of exemplary character, honor and intelligence like Lynne Cheney.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great for Girl Scouts of All Ages
Comment: As a Girl Scout Leader of second grade girls, I had been looking for a book to help establish their interest in careers beyond the stereotypes for women. I found what I was looking for in this book, and much more.
The girls gathered around, and within a few moments of opening the book, the girls were very excited, with many, "Oh let me SEE!" The illustrations are fantastic, although it's probably not a book that should be held up in front of a class (small text), but rather a book that one can pore over time and time again, discovering new information with each reading. After hitting the highlights, we left the book out while we did our craft and snacks, and the girls returned to it again and again, talking among themselves which women they'd heard of, and which women they already knew "all about."
The book covers women of many eras and talents, the favorites of my Troop being the entertainers and the wives of presidents. On the spur of the moment, I decided to have each girl choose a woman to share about for the next meeting, and it was fascinating to see their choices. The "60's and 70's Women's Rights" pages instigated a very lively discussion about voting, education, and happily, careers.
I give this book very high marks -- it was wonderful to see these girls eager to know more about the women in the book and their lives. Although I had to quell a few "Girls Rule" comments, we will take the opportunity to explain what 'equality' really means.
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Title: America : A Patriotic Primer by Lynne Cheney, Robin Preiss Glasser ISBN: 0689851928 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: 21 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Everyday Graces: A Child's Book of Good Manners by Karen Santorum, Sam Torode, Joe Paterno, Michael Lamb ISBN: 1932236090 Publisher: Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin, Harry Bliss ISBN: 006000150X Publisher: Joanna Cotler Pub. Date: 14 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: The English Roses by Madonna, Jeffrey Fulvimari ISBN: 0670036781 Publisher: Callaway Editions Pub. Date: 15 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Little Red by Sarah Ferguson, Sam Williams ISBN: 0689843402 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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