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Founding Mothers: Remembering The Ladies (2014)

by Cokie Roberts(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0060780037 (ISBN13: 9780060780036)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

HarperCollins

review 1: I agree with another reviewer that I was excited when I saw this book. Finally, the ladies getting some recognition. However, the book fell flat and the ladies remain invisible. I am not sure if this book should have been done as a longer book or not as a children's book, but the bios were simply too superficial. One thing that I did notice, at the end, that stood out glaringly, is that there are no resources at the end. Just because it is a kid's book doesn't mean one can use others works without giving credit. The authors took the steps for "further learning" sites so.....
review 2: Full disclaimer- I went into this recent release as a fan of both Cokie Roberts and Diane Goode. They never disappoint, and in this case they exceeded my already high expectations... more. The content (in word and image) offer portals to the past, and to the women who are most often ignored or mentioned in 25 words or less when reading or speaking of the early days of this country. Perhaps it's due to her experience as an on-air reporter, but Roberts has managed to incorporate extensive meticulous research into fluent and engaging prose. It reads aloud well, which is no surprise, and I can hear her physical and writing voice clearly in every line. Passages offer text with digestible length, language, and detail to be read independently and used as mentor text by established readers, even younger ones. The illustrations enhance and extend each featured profile, including hints of personality, rich elements of the setting, and "asides", including small sketches portraying responses of male figures of the time. The design of book, as it should, contributes further to the sense of time and place, using paper colors and end pages that echo documents of the times. less

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