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Synopsis
Describes the childhood fears that made even simple requests difficult for Clara Barton, and relates how she overcame such fears in order to help on the battlefields of the Civil War and establish the American Red Cross. Simultaneous.
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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
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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
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- PublisherAladdin
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0689801246
- ISBN 13 9780689801242
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages40
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