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Louisa May's Battle: How The Civil War Led To Little Women (2013)

by Kathleen Krull(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0802796680 (ISBN13: 9780802796684)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Walker Children's

review 1: Covers an extraordinary chapter in the life of Louisa May Alcott, when she volunteers to serve as a Civil War nurse. It serves to illuminate her humanitarianism, as well as her pluck. These experiences gave her fodder for her later novels. And the picture of her using an overturned teapot in the hospital as a writing service is priceless in conveying her determination. Recommend for 2nd - 5th grade, though the upper grades might consider it too babyish because of the illustrations. For teachers covering the Civil War, the story would be a great lead into the contributions of women at the time.
review 2: Even today, the books of Louisa May Alcott remain popular with the late elementary and early middle grade set. This picture book biography describes her time sp... moreent volunteering as a war nurse during the Civil War. The experience of navigating through an unfamiliar city and taking care of the injured soldiers transformed the sheltered young woman in many ways. Relying on the notes she took during that time, she found her voice and inspiration through the sketches of hospital life she wrote and had published. Later, of course, she immortalized the March family in the wildly-popular Little Women. The digital oil illustrations show the determination of a woman who had to content herself with making a contribution in whatever way she could--in her case, through her writing. less

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