Michelle - Softcover
An inspiring picture-book biography of our First Lady--wife of President Barack Obama; mother of Malia and Sasha; and an elegant, strong, professional, passionate woman who has devoted her life to her community and country. By an award-winning author with artwork by a New York Times best-selling illustrator.
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About the Author:
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Deborah Hopkinson is the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including Michelle, also 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 i>Apples to Oregon, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter and winner of the Golden Kite Award. She lives near Portland, Oregon.
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
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- PublisherKatherine Tegen Books
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0061827452
- ISBN 13 9780061827457
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorFord Ag
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