Michelle

Hopkinson, Deborah

ISBN 10: 0061827436 ISBN 13: 9780061827433

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books, 2009

Synopsis

The world has come to know Michelle Obama as an elegant and strong woman. She is wife to President Barack Obama, mother to Malia and Sasha, but also a professional and passionate woman who has devoted her life to working to strengthen her community and country. This is the story of our First Lady. During her childhood, she learned to dream big, and throughout her life she has dared to take on challenges and suceeded in getting big things done.

This beautiful and thoughtful picture book by the award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson and with artwork by the New York Times bestselling AG Ford delivers the inspiring story of Michelle with grace and style.

Ages: 4 - 7

About this title

About the Author:

Deborah Hopkinson is the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen, illustrated by Qin Leng; Michelle, illustrated by AG Ford; Stagecoach Sal, illustrated by Carson Ellis; Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek, illustrated by John Hendrix; Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, illustrated by James Ransome and winner of the IRA Award; and Apples to Oregon, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter and winner of the Golden Kite Award. She lives near Portland, Oregon.

AG Ford is the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Barack by Jonah Winter and also of Michelle and First Family by Deborah Hopkinson. He is the recipient of an NAACP Image Award.

From Booklist:

There is no doubt that Michelle Robinson Obama’s life story is truly inspiring, from her childhood in a supportive working-class home on Chicago’s South Side to her present role as the first African American First Lady. Unlike his illustrations in Jonah Winter’s Barack (2008), some of Ford’s portraits here are overglamorized and sometimes awkward. It is Hopkinson’s well-told story of Obama’s life of hard work and brilliant success that will grab young people. The pages follow the future First Lady from her years as a gifted high-school student who studied on her long bus ride to her time at Princeton and Harvard Law School, her job in community service, and life as a devoted mother to her children. The Obamas’ romance is also covered: Michelle’s first meeting with Barack in a Chicago law firm, their courtship, and their wedding. A long author’s note that fills in more fascinating facts about the First Lady closes this timely title. Grades K-3. --Hazel Rochman

About this edition

• Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061827436
• ISBN 13: 9780061827433
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Ford AG