1. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kerley, Barbara. What to do about Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove her Father Teddy Crazy! Ills.by Edwin Fotheringham. New York: Scholastic Press, 2008. ISBN
0439922313.
2. PLOT SUMMARY
Alice Lee Roosevelt, daughter of
beloved President Teddy Roosevelt, has never let anything come in the way of “eating
up the world.” From educating herself
and refusing to go to boarding school to jumping into a ship’s pool fully
clothed, she has always done exactly as she wanted. Kerley, with the help of Edwin Fotheringham’s
colorful digital art, illuminates the life of this beloved first daughter -
from her childhood running around Washington D.C. and the White House, to becoming
one of her father’s most trusted advisers and ambassadors around the
world. Alice jumps off the page with
text and illustration as active and lively as she is. As her father once said, “I can be president
of the United States, or I can control Alice.
I cannot possibly do both.” We can only be grateful for that!
3. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Kerley does a fantastic job of bringing young Alice Roosevelt to
life as she flits across the pages.
Paired with Fotheringham’s art in this colorful large volume format, Alice’s
personality fills the pages and bright colors, like Alice’s red dress leap from
the pages. Alice’s zest for trying everything
comes across through not only the words, but the juxtaposition of the text with
the images. Using her age as a way to
actively organize the narrative, Kerley adds in details from newspapers and
biographies to keep the story true to the people, but maintaining a fascinating
subject. From images of her greeting
White House guests with a pet snake to driving her little sporty car around a double
page spread, the reader gets a feel for her wild-child antics turned into
beloved ambassador and adviser.
4. REVIEW EXCERPT(S)
SIBERT HONOR BOOK
BOSTON GLOBE-HORN BOOK HONOR BOOK
IRMA BLACK AWARD HONOR BOOK
PARENTS CHOICE AWARD
WASHINGTON STATE SCANDIUZZI
CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD
CALIFORNIA COLLECTIONS
A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF
THE YEAR
A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK
OF THE YEAR
A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE
YEAR
AN ALA NOTABLE BOOK
CAPITOL CHOICES
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 100 TITLES
FOR READING AND SHARING
FROM SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL – “Kerley’s
text gallops along with a vitality to match her subject’s antics, as the girl
greets White House visitors accompanied by her pet snake, refuses to let leg
braces cramp her style, dives fully clothed into a ship’s swimming pool, and
also earns her place in history as one of her father’s trusted advisers.
Fotheringham’s digitally rendered, retro-style illustrations are a superb match
for the text.”
From BOOKLIST – “Irrepressible
Alice Roosevelt gets a treatment every bit as attractive and exuberant as she
was....The large format gives Fotheringham, in his debut, plenty of room for
spectacular art.”
5. CONNECTIONS
Gather other informational books by
Barbara Kerley such as:
• Ills. Edwin
Fotheringham. THE EXTRAORDINARY MARK TWAIN (ACCORDING TO SUSY). ISBN 0545125081.
• Ills. National Geographic photographers. A COOL DRINK OF WATER. ISBN 0792267230.
Gather other informational
biographies about famous people, such as:
• Davies, Jacqueline. THE BOY WHO DREW BIRDS: A STORY OF JOHN JAMES AUDUBON. ISBN0618243437.
• Bryant, Jen. Ills. Melissa Sweet. THE RIGHT WORD: ROGET AND HIS THESAURUS. ISBN 0802853854.
• Berne, Jennifer. Ills. Éric Puybaret. MANFISH: A STORY OF
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