Title: A is for Abigail, An Almanac of Amazing American WomenIllustrator: Robin Preiss Glasser
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.6
Lexile Measure: AD1030L
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Biography
Theme: An alphabetical list of amazing women in American history
Primary and Secondary Characters: Various
Awards: Arizona Young Reader's Award, (nominated, 2006)
Date of Publication: 2003
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0689858191
I like this book because it gives an alphabetic view of a lot of incredible women who pioneered their way in American history. It starts with Abigail Adams and tells of what a bold and brave woman she was during her husband's presidency. It moves on to Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree in 1849, Evelyn Cameron who moved out west with her husband in 1889 and helped to create valuable historical records through the photography of people, landscapes, and wildlife in the area, and many, many more women who left their imprint on our country. Some of the other women mentioned are Emily Dickinson, all the First Ladies of the United States (up to Laura Bush), Laura Ingalls, Anna Jarvis--who founded Mother's Day in 1914, Sandra Day O'Connor, the women of Hollywood, among many others.
This book is so interesting and full of information that I literally could not put it down! The only problem is that it is so full of information. The words go every which way. Not only do the words read left-to-right in the middle of the page, but they go around the edge of the page, and in little bubbles, and every other way you could imagine. It may be hard for children to read themselves without getting mixed up from time to time. However, I think this would be a great book to have in a classroom. Students could read through it, pick their favorite person from the book and do a short paper on that person, learning and researching all about her life and accomplishments.
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