Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Life

by Candace Fleming

Hardcover, 2005

Status

Available

Genres

Biography & Memoir

All Topics

Nonfiction

Publication

Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2005), Edition: First, 192 pages

Description

There has hardly been a life in the last century that Eleanor Roosevelt has not affected, in one way or another. From securing safe, low-cost housing for Kentucky's poor, to helping her grandchildren hang a tire swing on the White House's south lawn, to representing America as the first female delegate to the United Nations, Eleanor rarely kept a second of her life for herself -- and she wouldn't have had it any other way.

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Rating

(22 ratings; 4.1)

User reviews

LibraryThing member alyssabuzbee

The author's research for this book is very evident. The pictures and the fact that the author uses Eleanor Roosevelt's own writing really bring this book to life.

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LibraryThing member Michelle_Bales

This scrap-book look at Eleanor Roosevelt's life was thorough without being sensational. I did not know a lot about Eleanor's life before reading this, so I may be lacking in the background knowledge necessary to judge whether the author gave a fair representation of Eleanor's life, but it seemed

to me that she did. The scrap-book format is warm and inviting, and the segments of Eleanor's life are presented in short essay style so as not to be intimidating. Fleming really brought Eleanor to life through well-chosen segments of Eleanor's writing, peers' descriptions and remembrances (both good and bad), and interesting photos and correspondence. Challenges and obstacles in Eleanor's life are not glossed over, and Eleanor is presented as a real person with both strengths and flaws. This book brings readers to appreciate who Eleanor Roosevelt really was and the period of history that she lived through. Fleming has done a remarkable amount of research for this book, and it is well-documented.

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LibraryThing member Jmmott

Fleming creates an amazing window into the world of Eleanor Roosevelt that is different than how she is portrayed in the history books. In this book we see Eleanor the woman, the mother, the wife, and the force to be reckoned with. By arranging this book in a scrapbook sort of way, the reader can

read detailed information about a specific aspect of her life, but not need to read the entire book to understand. It is a book that in many ways can be picked up and opened to any section and a reader can dive right in.

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LibraryThing member ckenne17

I thought this book was really interesting. I found out some facts that I didn't know about Eleanor Roosevelt. I really enjoyed how organized this book was. It started when she was a child and ended with her death. I also really enjoyed the illustrations in this book. There were many pictures of

her and her husband with their children and I think they shows what a family person she really was. I think the illustrations really helped show what kind of person she was. I also thought this book really pushed readers to think about other issues than just her life. In the book, they talked about how she helped lower the cost for housing in Kentucky and that she was the first female delegate in the United Nations. The main idea in this book was to educate readers about the life of Eleanor Roosevelt and her accomplishments.

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LibraryThing member deckla

This visual and textual history of Eleanor's life is a most agreeable overview of her life and times, easy to dip into, and easy to read straight through as well. Her social justice and reformist activities are well documented, and her friendships with women and difficult relationship with Franklin

are not glossed over. She emerges a well-rounded hero. An appropriate beginning for more thorough research, and a lesson in the effective use of primary and secondary sources. I will engage with this book again.

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