Clara Barton and Her Victory over Fear - Hardcover

Quackenbush, Robert M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671865986 ISBN 13: 9780671865986

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1995

Synopsis

Tells how Clara Barton overcame childhood fears to become a teacher, Civil War nurse, and founder of the American Red Cross

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 3-4?Biographies of women of great courage and strong character are always welcome, and Clara Barton has a detailed, highly readable, storylike text. The writing is lively, describing Barton's childhood and accomplishments as a teacher, nurse, and founder of the American Red Cross. Each double-page spread consists of a full-page, black-and-white illustration done in charcoal line and gouache mixed with acrylic gel, faced by two to three paragraphs of text. Readers will be inspired by the life of a woman who lived in Victorian times and is still admired today for her humanitarian work.?Pamela K. Bomboy, Chesterfield County Public Schools, VA
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From Booklist:

Gr. 2^-5. Clara Barton has always been a ready topic for elementary biography, but in highlighting the diversity of Barton's careers--teacher, first female Washington government employee, and role as nurse and founder of the Red Cross--Quackenbush has updated the famous legend. While the full-page charcoal drawings make the book accessible to the youngest readers, it is well written and interesting enough to allow it to move into upper elementary, even middle school, and be of use to less proficient, older readers. Frances Bradburn

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0671865986
• ISBN 13: 9780671865986
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 36