Eleanor Roosevelt, Russell Freedman
Eleanor Roosevelt, Russell Freedman
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Eleanor Roosevelt
A Life of Discovery

Author: Russell Freedman

Narrator: Barbara Caruso

Unabridged: 3 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/14/2008

Synopsis

1994 Newbery Honor Book • Library of Congress Children's Books • Jane Addams Book Award Honor Book • Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts (NCTE) • Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) • Parenting Magazine Reading Magic Award • Golden Kite Award • Publishers Weekly Best Book • School Library Journal Best Book • Bulletin Blue Ribbon (The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books) • ALA Notable Children's Book • New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age• Boston Globe/Horn Book Award • Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Illinois) • Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (Vermont) • Not Just for Children Anymore! (Children's Book Council) • Horn Book Fanfare The intriguing story of Eleanor Roosevelt traces the life of the former First Lady from her early childhood through the tumultuous years in the White House to her active role in the founding of the United Nations after World War II.

About Russell Freedman

Russell Freedman (1929-2018) received the Newbery Medal for Lincoln: A Photobiography. He was the recipient of three Newbery Honors, a National Humanities Medal, the Sibert Medal, the Orbis Pictus Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedman lived in New York City and traveled widely to research his books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jen on July 25, 2014

I loved this book. Since Eleanor's life was quite complex and complicated, I would think it a challenge to present her life to young readers, yet Freedman narrates with both a look at the failures and successes of arguably the first "working" first lady. Personally I am drawn to this book since the h......more

Goodreads review by Lori on February 01, 2022

Talk about a fascinating trailblazing woman! I had read about her in other books, but this audiobook helped bring it to life! Although she came from an extremely wealthy family, she had feelings of inferiority and self-perceptions of being stupid and ugly. Among so many other things, she learned to......more

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