My Name is Not Isabella, Jennifer Fosberry
My Name is Not Isabella, Jennifer Fosberry
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My Name is Not Isabella

Author: Jennifer Fosberry

Series: Isabella

Narrator: Cris Dukehart

Unabridged: 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/17/2015

Synopsis

Who Is Your Hero? Isabella's include U.S. Astronaut Sally Ride, activist Rosa Parks, and sharpshooter Annie Oakley-but there's no bigger hero than Isabella's own mommy! Join Isabella on an adventure of discovery-and find out how imagining to be these extraordinary women teaches her the importance of being her extraordinary self.

About Jennifer Fosberry

Jennifer Fosberry is a science geek turned children' book writer. After working in the high tech industry in Silicon Valley and running away to Costa Rica for a few years, she returned to the San Francisco Bay area to read, write, and try to get out of housework. She lives with her husband and three children and her little dog, too.

About Cris Dukehart

Cris Dukehart is an award-winning storyteller who has narrated books in a plethora of genres, from romance and science fiction to children's literature and autobiography. Her voice, with its endearing mix of sweetness and pluck, can be heard around the world and across the web in commercials, e-learning projects, and corporate narrations. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University, she lives with her family in rural Pennsylvania.

About Mike Litwin

Mike Litwin is an award-winning illustrator who combines a variety of media to create scenes that serve the imagination and education of children. In other words, he's a big kid who gets paid to make pictures all day. It pretty much rocks. He is best known for his work on the New York Times best-selling picture books My Name is Not Isabella, My Name is Not Alexander, and Isabella: Girl on the Go.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marie on July 11, 2017

This is a series about a girl who daydreams that she is famous women from history.  Her mother will speak to her and she will respond, "My name is not Isabella" and she will explain who she is at that moment in time & history as she sets about to do something in the spirit of that heroine.  This con......more

Goodreads review by Ami on October 05, 2013

I don't usually review children's books, but I really had to with this one. I randomly bought this for my daughter at the school book fair; it was closing in ten minutes, so I had to make a quick decision. To be totally honest, I grabbed it because: 1) It was the only one I saw with a girl character w......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on March 30, 2011

I read this and at the same time, immediately after, read My Name Is Not Alexander. I was tempted to write one review for both books, but I suppose my thoughts and feelings and what else I’d like to say are just different enough that I’ll write separate reviews. This book is a conundrum. How can I fi......more

Goodreads review by Laura on June 08, 2013

I want my girls to grow up to be strong, independent women. Its important to encourage that from a young age. Its wonderful to play house and have baby dolls, but they need to know that women don't have to be stuck in the kitchen. There is a whole world of options out there that is only as limited a......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on December 09, 2010

My Name is Not Isabella is a delightful new picture book by Jennifer Fosberry that introduces children to some of the strongest female figures in history, all seen through the eyes of a little girl. The sequence starts off with the mother at the bedroom door saying, “Good morning Isabella. It’s time......more

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