PRAISE FOR MARTIN'S BIG WORDS
* 2002 Caldecott Honor Book
* 2002 Coretta Scott King Honor Book
* Child Magazine Best Book of 2001
* New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2001
PRAISE FOR MARTIN'S BIG WORDS
* "A stunning, reverent tribute." School Library Journal, starred review
PRAISE FOR MARTIN'S BIG WORDS
"An ideal introduction to this leader and his works The portraits of King exude his spiritual strength and peaceful visage." Publishers Weekly
PRAISE FOR ABE'S HONEST WORDS
* "Exceptional art, along with Rappaport's and Lincoln's words, makes this a fine celebration of a man who needs little introduction." Booklist, starred review
PRAISE FOR ELEANOR, QUIET NO MORE
"This is a gracious and admiring portrait, a splendid way to introduce the "First Lady of the World" to a new generation of young children." Kirkus Reviews
PRAISE FOR ELEANOR, QUIET NO MORE
* "Once again Rappaport celebrates a noble, heroic life in powerful, succinct prose, with prominent, well-chosen, and judiciously placed quotes that both instruct and inspire...Celebrate women in history and in politics with this picture-book life." School Library Journal, starred review
PRAISE FOR ELEANOR, QUIET NO MORE
* "Rappaport's spare text and Kelley's handsome paintings, evocative of WPA murals, reclaim the legendary first lady's story for the younger set, revealing the person behind the icon." Publishers Weekly, starred review
PRAISE FOR ELEANOR, QUIET NO MORE
* "Even familiar political figures can get bold new treatments, as this dramatic picture-book biography shows...an exciting introduction to a well-loved leader." Booklist, starred review
PRAISE FOR HELEN'S BIG WORLD
"Helen Keller's transcendent leap across the barriers of her blindness and deafness continues to inspire." Kirkus Reviews
PRAISE FOR HELEN'S BIG WORLD
* "Stirring and awe-inspiring." The Horn Book, starred review
PRAISE FOR HELEN'S BIG WORLD
* "While there are many books available about Helen Keller for this age group, this title offers a unique and beautiful perspective on her life." School Library Journal, starred review
PRAISE FOR TO DARE MIGHTY THINGS
* "Concisely written and yet poetic, this is a first purchase for every library." School Library Journal, starred review
PRAISE FOR TO DARE MIGHTY THINGS
* "Theodore Roosevelt's big ideas and big personality come together in this splendid picture-book biography." Booklist, starred review
PRAISE FOR TO DARE MIGHTY THINGS
* "U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt certainly dared mighty things, and this lavish picture-book biography deftly captures the legendary man's bold, exuberant nature. . . . A truly inspiring tribute to a seemingly larger-than-life U.S. president." Kirkus Reviews, starred review
02/01/2016
Gr 1–4—This informational picture book offers up a brief account of how the women's suffrage movement in the United States began and developed momentum over the years. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was involved both in abolitionism and the women's rights movement, becoming an outspoken advocate in the two realms and leading the way for many other women to take up the banner of equality. Rappaport takes readers through the evolution of suffrage, from the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, NY, where Stanton shared the Declaration of Sentiments, to the many women who took a stand or dared to think outside the box. Organized chronologically, the book presents brief details about many of the events, protests, trials, and jail sentences, as well as how women eventually gained the right to vote, functioning almost as a time line. The accompanying artwork provides a look at individuals and adds context to the narrative. VERDICT A solid introduction to Stanton and the women's rights movement.—Jody Kopple, Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA
2015-11-03
Rappaport examines the salient successes and raw setbacks along the 144-year-long road between the nation's birth and women's suffrage. This lively yet forthright narrative pivots on a reality that should startle modern kids: women's right to vote was only achieved in 1920, 72 years after Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. Indeed, time's passage figures as a textual motif, connecting across decades such determined women as Stanton, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucy Stone. They spoke tirelessly, marched, organized, and got arrested. Rappaport includes events such as 1913's Women's Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C., but doesn't shy from divisive periods like the Civil War. Faulkner's meticulously researched gouache-and-ink illustrations often infuse scenes with humor by playing with size and perspective. As Stanton and Lucretia Mott sail into London in 1840 for the World Anti-Slavery Conference, Faulkner depicts the two women as giants on the ship's upper deck. On the opposite page, as they learn they'll be barred as delegates, they're painted in miniature, dwarfed yet unflappable beneath a gallery full of disapproving men. A final double-page spread mingles such modern stars as Shirley Chisholm and Sonia Sotomayor amid the historical leaders. Rappaport makes this long struggle palpable and relevant, while Faulkner adds a winning mix of gravitas and high spirits. (biographical thumbnails, chronology, sources, websites, further reading, author's note) (Picture book/biography. 6-8)