Who Was Sacagawea?

Great for grades 3-6. Nonfiction. Information/ narrative book. Drawn with color pencils. A brief biography of Sacagawea, the Shoshoni woman who accompanied explorers Lewis and Clark on their expedition in the early 1800s.

Who was Sacagawea? is a book in the Who Was series that is all about the life of Sacagawea and her expedition along side Lewis and Clark. I liked this book and feel it did a great job of achieving it’s purpose which was to inform the reader about Sacagawea. I liked this book mainly because of the

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information given. The book provides the reader with a lot of information but it is provided in a way that a reader can understand it very easily. An example of this is seen by the author breaking the chapters up into parts in the Lewis and Clark expedition or in different points in Sacagawea life. An example of this is seen by having the first chapter called the Shoshone girl, which is a chapter all about Sacagawea as a young girl. I liked this because I feel it helped the reader to understand Sacagawea life better and helped to really explain the information. This leads into the next thing I liked which was the language of the book. The book is written fairly easily and the way the author writes it, everything is explained so the reader can understand. I liked this because I myself learned a lot from this book because I was provided with so much information. An example of this is seen when they are telling you Sacagawea’s name, the author provides additional information by telling you what it means. I liked this about the book because I feel it made the story easier to understand, all the while providing additional information. Overall I think this book was a great book that is a great example of biography because it provided a lot of information but did so that is was easy to understand.

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I liked this book and feel it did a great job of informing the reader about Sacagawea. I liked this book mainly because of the information given. The book provides the reader with a lot of information, but it is provided in a way that a reader can understand it very easily. The illustration

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throughout the text paints a clear picture for students of young and old ages can appreciate. All in all, I think this is a great book to use when teaching students about the journey of Lewis and Clark and the role Sacagawea played in their discoveries.

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I liked this book. The first reason I liked this book was because of how much I learned from it. For example, the first chapter of the book is called Shoshone which is about Sacagawea as a child. There are things and events in that chapter that I never knew about her. Another example of what I

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learned from reading this book is the meaning of Sacagawea’s name. I really liked that as I read i continued to learn something new about her that I didn’t know before. The second reason I liked this book was because it included illustrations. For example there was a picture of the Shoshone Village. This gave readers a sense of the living arrangements that Sacagawea lived in. Another interesting illustration is the picture of the interior of a Shoshone Tipi. It had labels on. I thought that was a really great picture because it labeled the tipi so students would understand. The big idea of this book is to inform readers of the life of Sacagawea and the role she played during the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

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I liked this book, it was very interesting. One reason I liked this book was because of its word choice. The author chose words that catered to her young audience and the diction was very appropriate. Each page did not have a lot of writing and it was not overwhelming to look at. Another reason I

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liked this book was because of the drawings. Although they were not elaborate and very colorful, they were simple line drawings that did not take away from the informational piece. The main idea of this book is to reference the events that happened to 16 year old Sacagawea and join her on her journey with Lewis and Clark.

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I thought this book was good! I really love how the book began with an introduction of Sacagawea, who she was, and what she did. The authors makes this book a biographical fiction where she bases the information upon facts - but adds some invented dialogue! The language that the author uses

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sometimes contains words that are a little difficult to pronounce or unfamiliar to young readers, but phonetic pronunciations are provided to help sound out words. For example, on page 16, Toussaint Charbonneau is mentioned. The author provides the phonetic pronunciation of, "TOO sant Shar buh NO". I think this is a great example of providing clarity and possibly a better understanding by knowing the correct pronunciation. Throughout the book, I believe the writing is well-paced and broken up well by chapters. Through the help of the illustrations, pages 26-30 describe as well as illustrate Mandan Earth Lodges. Information about: why Sacagawea used them is talked about, then an illustration, and then more written language describing them is used, once again. The writing was structured in an organized and engaging way. I think the big idea of this book was to express the accomplishments Sacagawea had and inform young readers about her accomplishments. Sacagawea was only 16 years old and did all of these amazing things. Readers could see that and take away that they, also, are capable of amazing things!

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Who Was Sacagawea? by Judith Bloom Fradin is a very informative book! I did not realize that she was only 10 or 11 when she was traded to a frontiersman to be one of his Indian wives! She had been kidnapped from her tribe by another and that tribe just sold her at a young age! I don't think they

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told me this in school. There was a lot in here they didn't discuss. I wealth of knowledge in this book. I am glad I picked it up from the library. Wow, what a strong girl. Great book.

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