Reviews

Eleanor Makes Her Mark by Barbara Kerley

libraryrobin's review

3.0

From a young age Eleanor wanted to make a difference and she worked to accomplish that goal.
Nice illustrations. Wish more specific examples of her work had been presented in the text and not just in the afterward.

mrs_mazzola_reads's review

4.0

Lovely picture book biography about Eleanor Roosevelt. There are already a plethora of other bios about her, but I thought that this one did a good job of highlighting how/why she wanted to make a difference in the world and focusing on her as an individual rather than on her role as a First Lady. The back matter is also excellent, with a nice pictorial timeline (which is almost always easier for my younger students to understand) and great follow-up questions and activities for students to figure out their own passion. Would have been a 5, but the facial expressions in the illustrations were occasionally a little mismatched to the text so they felt at odds, but otherwise I thought it was great and will definitely be adding it to my school collection.

Thank you to Edelweiss for the advance copy to review.