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Eleanor Roosevelt

A Life of Discovery

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Eleanor Roosevelt

By: Russell Freedman
Narrated by: Barbara Caruso
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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.

©1993 Russell Freedman (P)1997 Recorded Books Biographies Historical History North America Political
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I found the book really inspiring. The life of Mrs. Roosevelt and her transformation at the age of 40 is admirable. From gray little forgotten and betrayed woman she raised to the most powerful woman of her time despite the undermining of the man of her time.

Inspiring and eternal.

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