Synopses & Reviews
Theodore Roosevelt had a small problem. Her name was Alice. Alice Lee Roosevelt was hungry to go places, meet people, do things. Father called it running riot. Alice called it eating up the world. Whether she was entertaining important White House visitors with her pet snake or traveling the globe, Alice bucked convention and turned every new experience into an adventure! Brimming with affection and wit, this spirited biography gives readers a peek family life inside the White House. Prose and pictures spring, gambol, and two-step across the pages to celebrate a maverick American heroine.
THE DINOSAURS OF WATERHOUSE HAWKINS
- 2002 Randolph Caldecott Medal Honor Book
- 2002 ALA Notable Children's Book
- 2001 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold Award for Nonfiction
- Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Best Book Award winner
- 2001 Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
- 2001 Book Links "Lasting Connections"
- 2001 New York Public Library -- 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
- 2001 Parenting Reading Magic Best Books of the Year for Ages 4-8
- 2001 CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
- 2001 CBC/NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children
- 2004 New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Awards & Garden State Teen Book Awards, Best Younger Nonfiction for Grades 2-5
WALT WHITMAN: WORDS FOR AMERICA
- 2005 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor Book
- 2005 ALA Notable Children's Book
- 2004 New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of the Year
- 2004 Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year
- 2004 Kirkus Editor's Choice
- 2005 CCBC Choices
- 2004 Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award
- 2004 New York Public Library -- 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
- 2004 California Book Awards for Juvenile Literature
Review
Starred Review, Kirkus, February 1, 2008
\u0022Theodore Roosevelt\u2019s irrepressible oldest child receives an appropriately vivacious appreciation in this superb picture book.... Kerley\u2019s precise text presents readers with a devilishly smart, strong-willed girl who was determined to live life on her own terms—and largely succeeded.\u0022
Review
Starred Review, School Library Journal, March 2008
\u0022Kerley\u2019s text gallops along with a vitality to match her subject\u2019s antics, as the girl greets White House visitors accompanied by her pet snake, refuses to let leg braces cramp her style, dives fully clothed into a ship\u2019s swimming pool, and also earns her place in history as one of her father\u2019s trusted advisers. Fotheringham\u2019s digitally rendered, retro-style illustrations are a superb match for the text.\u0022
Review
Starred Review, Booklist, December 15, 2007
\u0022Irrepressible Alice Roosevelt gets a treatment every bit as attractive and exuberant as she was....The large format gives Fotheringham, in his debut, plenty of room for spectacular art.\u0022
Synopsis
iIf you like rebel girls, you will LOVE Alice Roosevelt /i
bA Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book
A Sibert Honor Book
* Superb... a gleeful celebration. -- iKirkus Reviews/i, starred review/b
Theodore Roosevelt had a small problem. Her name was Alice. Alice Lee Roosevelt was hungry to go places, meet people, do things. Father called it running riot. Alice called it eating up the world. Whether she was entertaining important White House visitors with her pet snake or traveling the globe, Alice bucked convention and turned every new experience into an adventure
Brimming with affection and wit, this spirited biography gives readers a peek at family life inside the White House. Prose and pictures spring, gambol, and two-step across the pages to celebrate a maverick American heroine.
Synopsis
If you like rebel girls, you will LOVE Alice Roosevelt A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor BookA Sibert Honor Book* Superb... a gleeful celebration. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewTheodore Roosevelt had a small problem. Her name was Alice. Alice Lee Roosevelt was hungry to go places, meet people, do things. Father called it running riot. Alice called it eating up the world. Whether she was entertaining important White House visitors with her pet snake or traveling the globe, Alice bucked convention and turned every new experience into an adventure Brimming with affection and wit, this spirited biography gives readers a peek at family life inside the White House. Prose and pictures spring, gambol, and two-step across the pages to celebrate a maverick American heroine.
Synopsis
A witty and stylish biography of a maverick American heroine -- the outspoken, irresistible daughter of Teddy Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt had a small problem. Her name was Alice. Alice Lee Roosevelt was hungry to go places, meet people, do things! Father called it running riot. Alice called it eating up the world. Whether she was entertaining important White House visitors with her pet snake or traveling the globe, Alice bucked convention and turned every new experience into an adventure! Brimming with affection and wit, this spirited biography gives readers a peek at family life inside the White House. Prose and pictures spring, gambol, and two-step across the pages to celebrate a maverick American heroine.
About the Author
Barbara Kerley's award-winning biographiesincluding WHAT TO DO ABOUT ALICE? and THE EXTRAORDINARY MARK TWAIN (ACCORDING TO SUSY), both illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham, and THE DINOSAURS OF WATERHOUSE HAWKINS and WALT WHITMAN: WORDS FOR AMERICA, both illustrated by Brian Selznickare consistently praised for their lively prose, meticulous research, and artistic presentation style. Kerley lives in Portland, Oregon. You can visit her online at www.barbarakerley.com.
Edwin Fotheringham has illustrated several notable picture books, including Barbara Kerley's WHAT TO DO ABOUT ALICE?, a Sibert Honor Book and a Boston Globe/Horn Book Award Honor Book, and THE EXTRAORDINARY MARK TWAIN (ACCORDING TO SUSY), a New York Public Library Best Children's Book. Edwin lives in Seattle, Washington. You can visit him online at www.edfotheringham.com.