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Have You Heard About Lady Bird?: Poems About Our First Ladies by Marilyn Singer, Nancy CarpenterISBN: 148472660X
Published by Disney-Hyperion on October 16, 2018
Pages: 56
Source: Purchased
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HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT LADY BIRD?: POEMS ABOUT OUR FIRST LADIES
About the Book:
Title: HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT LADY BIRD?: POEMS ABOUT OUR FIRST LADIES
Author: Marilyn Singer, Nancy Carpenter (Illustrations)
Pub. Date: October 16, 2018
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Pages: 56
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The role of First Lady has been defined differently by each woman who’s held it, but all of them left an impact on our nation as partner of the commander in chief.
Incisive poetry by Marilyn Singer and energetic art by Nancy Carpenter provide a fascinating glimpse into the lives of women-from Martha Washington to Eleanor Roosevelt to Lady Bird Johnson-who variously embraced the position and shied away from it, craved the spotlight and fiercely guarded their privacy, took controversial stands and championed for the status quo. Detailed back matter includes short biographies, quotations, and more.
This is the perfect picture book with lovely poems about the first ladies (although not all of them) with brief biographies at the end to introduce young readers to the First Ladies of the United States of America. I found the poems to be very charming and the biographies very spot on with the information on these ladies. I found that the ones I knew in my life have had a greater part in my life than I could imagine. Jackie Kennedy and her sense of style and how she brought a sense of strength at the time our country was shattered by the loss of her husband to Michelle Obama and her outreach to girls to make them stronger in life.
There are quite a few who really stand out for them advocating for women’s rights. I never realized that even in Revolutionary times, that the original first ladies were forward thinking enough to compell their husbands to their goals. Even if they didn’t succeed, you must credit them for opening their minds. There are quite a few I think I need to read more about.
About Marilyn:
Marilyn Singer was born in the Bronx (New York City) on October 3, 1948 and lived most of her early life in N. Massapequa (Long Island), NY. She attended Queens College, City University of New York, and for her junior year, Reading University, England. She holds a B.A. in English from Queens and an M.A. in Communications from New York University.
In 1974, after teaching English in New York City high schools for several years, she began to write – initially film notes, catalogues, teacher’s guides and film strips. Then, one day, when she was sitting in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, she penned a story featuring talking insect characters she’d made up when she was eight. Encouraged by the responses she got, she wrote more stories and in 1976 her first book, The Dog Who Insisted He Wasn’t, was published by E.P.Dutton & Co.
Since then, Marilyn has published over seventy books for children and young adults. Her genres are many and varied, including realistic novels, fantasies, non-fiction, fairy tales, picture books, mysteries and poetry. She likes writing many different kinds of books because it’s challenging and it keeps her from getting bored. She has won several Children’s Choice and Parents’ Choice Awards, as well as the following: the Creature Carnival, Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor Book, 2005; I Believe in Water: Twelve Brushes with Religion, New York Public Library’s “Best Books for the Teen Age,” 2001; Stay True: Short Stories for Strong Girls, Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2000 (YALSA); On the Same Day in March, Booklist’s Top Ten Science Books of 2000; NCSS-CBC Notable Book, 2000; Deal with a Ghost, finalist, YA category, Edgar Award, 1998; It Can’t Hurt Forever, Maud Hart Lovelace Award, 1983; The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth, ALA Best Book for Young Adults, 1983; Turtle in July, NCTE Notable, N.Y.Times Best Illustrated and Time Magazine Best Children’s Books of 1989; Turtle in July was also a Reading Rainbow review book.
Marilyn currently lives in Brooklyn, NY, with her husband Steve; their standard poodle Oggi, a cousin of their beloved and recently departed poodle Easy, seen in the home page photo; a cat named August ; two collared doves named Jubilee and Holiday; and a starling named Darling. Her interests include dog training, reading, hiking, bird-watching, gardening, meditation, playing computer adventure games and going to the movies and the theatre. She’s also a major Star Trek fan.
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Giveaway Details:
3 winners will win a finished copy of HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT LADY BIRD?: POEMS ABOUT OUR FIRST LADIES, US Only.
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
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10/10/2018- Beagles & Books– Review
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Interesting choice of topics. I guess I don’t really think about the first ladies, especially ones that aren’t very recent.
Seems really cool 🙂
this book sounds interesting
I’d love to read this book!
This sounds like a fun book, we love books about the Presidents & First Ladies.
Sounds like a fun read,thanks.
This sounds great!