Robbins, Dean Miss Paul and the President Illustrated by
Nancy Zhang PICTURE BOOK Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. $17.99
Content: G.
Alice Paul is a
women’s right's leader who attracted attention for her cause in creative
ways. When President Woodrow Wilson came
to the White House, nobody was there to greet him off the train because
everyone was attending a parade put on by Alice Paul. Through different means: parades, starting a
women’s party and petitioning in front of the White House, Alice Paul finally
got President Wilson (with the help of Wilson’s daughter) to back women in
their cause for the right to vote.
The
illustrations in this book aren’t my favorite because they seem like two
different styles mixed together. The
story line was interesting and I hadn’t heard of Alice Paul as a woman’s
suffragist until this book. I just don’t
know if kids will pick up this book because its illustrations aren’t that
appealing, which is sad because it’s an interesting nonfiction story.
EL (K-3) – OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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