| I Could Do That!: Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote Contributor(s): White, Linda Arms (Author), Carpenter, Nancy (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0374335273 ISBN-13: 9780374335274 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: With lively text and humorous illustrations, this striking picture book biography shows how one girl's gumption propels her through a life filled with challenges until, in 1869, she wins the vote for women in Wyoming Territory--the first time ever in the United States. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 19th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003051417 |
| Lexile Measure: 780 |
| Series: Melanie Kroupa Books |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 9.78" W x 11.27" (1.03 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 100772 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Full of humor and spunk - just like Esther I could do that, says six-year-old Esther as she watches her mother making tea. Start her own business at the age of nineteen? Why, she could do that, too. But one thing Esther and other women could NOT do was vote. Only men could do that. With lively text and humorous illustrations as full of spirit as Esther herself, this striking picture book biography shows how one girl's gumption propels her through a life filled with challenges until, in 1869, she wins the vote for women in Wyoming Territory - the first time ever in the United States I Could Do That is a 2006 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. |
Contributor Bio(s): White, Linda Arms: - Linda Arms White's humorous books include Comes a Wind, an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. She lives outside Allenspark, Colorado. Carpenter, Nancy: -Nancy Carpenter has written and illustrated many books for children, including Fannie in the Kitchen by Deborah Hopkinson, a Publishers Weekly Best Book, and Twister by Darleen Bailey Beard. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. |