Module 6

SLIS 5420/ Module 6 July 12- 18

Books Read this week:
"Amelia and Eleanor go for a Ride" by Pam Munoz Ryan
"My Louisiana Sky" by Kimberly Willis Holt

Summary for "Amelia & Eleanor":
This book is about the night Amelia Earhart visits Eleanor Roosevelt and they go for a night ride in Amelia's plane. They are good friends, Amelia has even convinced Eleanor to get her pilot's license.

My Impressions: Fun book! I like how the illustrations are in black and white just like the photos would of been back then. This was just a really fun story to read.

Reviews:

Publishers Weekly

In this sparkling picture book based on a true incident, Ryan (Riding Freedom, with Selznick) proves that Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt truly were "birds of a feather." Friends in real life, America's First Lady invited the "First Lady of the Air" to dinner at the White House in 1933. Eleanor, inspired by Amelia's descriptions of Washington viewed from her plane at night, accepts the pilot's offer of an after-dinner flight over the capital. Before dessert can be served, and over the protests of the Secret Service agents, the two are off to the airport and up in the sky, thrilling to the brilliance of the city below. Hewing closely to documented accounts, Ryan's inviting text adds drama and draws parallels between the two protagonists with fictional touches: she places them alone together in the plane (an author's note explains that in fact they were accompanied by two male pilots) and adds a final scene in which Eleanor takes Amelia for a zippy ride around the city in her brand-new car. Selznick's illustrations, black-and-white graphite accented with touches of purple pencil, both capture the vibrancy of his subjects and evoke the feel of a more glamorous era. A brief but compelling slice from the lives of two determined, outspoken and passionate women. Ages 5-9. (Oct.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Children's Literature

Climb aboard for a delightful spin with two unconventional ladies in Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride, which is based on a true story. The First Lady was enamored with flying; she had taken some lessons. When her friend Amelia Earhart was in DC on a tour, Eleanor invited her and her husband for dinner at the White House. Before dessert was served, Amelia suggested a plane ride to see the Capitol at night. The Secret Service agents were aghast, but the two determined women could not be stopped. What a ride it was! The pencil drawings are bursting with life in this energetic charming anecdote of two famous ladies.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Amelia-and-Eleanor-Go-for-a-Ride/Pam-Munoz-Ryan/e/9780590960755/?itm=1&USRI=amelia+%26+eleanor

Uses: This is a great book to use to represent women in the past and how they were gaining more abilities and a new place in the world. It is also a really fun view of Amelia & Eleanor and how two ladies of substantial were just like anyone else, ready to have some fun.

Ryan, Pam Munoz. (1999). "Amelia and Eleanor go for a Ride". New York, NY: Scholast

ic Press.

Summary for "My Louisiana Sky": This book is about a young girl, Tiger, who lives in Louisiana with her mother, father, and grandmother. Her mother and father are what she likes to call slow, so grandma pretty much takes care of all of them. When grandma dies, Tigers mother is very upset and Tiger is not sure that her mother will be able to take care of her. Her aunt asks her to move to Baton Rouge to live with her but before Tiger moves she learns the value of real family and where her home truly is.

My Impressions: This is a great family story. It is very heartwarming and is a great story about appreciating your family the way they are and loving them for who they are. I like this story because the author also does a great job of painting the picture of the 50s time period and of where the story takes place.

Reviews:

Children's Literature

Tiger wonders why she's so different from her parents, why she can get all A's in school when her mother is sweet, but childlike, and her father is considered retarded. Luckily, she has her Granny to hold the odd household together-until Granny dies. Tiger faces discrimination from her classmates and even considers accepting her "normal" aunt's offer to move in with her in Baton Rouge. How she comes to terms with her backcountry family and the world of the nineteen-fifties is the meat of this delicately written book.

School Library Journal

Gr 4-9-Set in the South in the late 1950s, this coming-of-age story explores a 12-year-old girl's struggle to accept her grandmother's death, her mentally deficient parents, and the changing world around her. By Kimberly Willis Holt. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/My-Louisiana-Sky/Kimberly-Willis-Holt/e/9780805052510/?itm=2&USRI=my+louisiana+sky

Uses: This is a great book for children to read if they struggle to get along with their family or have someone in their family who is "slow". It is beautifully descriptive and a great historical fiction book.

Holt, Kimberly Willis, (1998). "My Louisiana Sky". New York, NY: Henry Holt Company.