Our Eleanor; A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Life

Fleming, C. (2005). Our Eleanor : A scrapbook look at Eleanor Roosevelt's remarkable life. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. ISBN 978-1-4156-3427-1


Plot Summary:
Fleming creates a scrapbook to tell about Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s life.  Eleanor’s story starts with a bit about her parents and her birth certificate and ends with her death. This biography is set much like a timeline of her life and is illustrated with photographs, newspaper clippings, quote boxes, letters, and copies of files, a true scrapbook, yet organized in a matter of topics.
Analysis:
“Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt’s Remarkable Life” is a very fitting title for this biography.  The way that this scrapbook is set up and organized is such a great way to learn about Eleanor Roosevelt.  Readers can flip the pages of this book and find the topic on the spread to be full of information, great images, and most of the time, a bit of humor.  Mrs. E. Roosevelt was an independent woman who took her role as First Lady very seriously. There are great examples showing some of the things that she did while her husband was president, from inspecting work programs in a drop in basis, to resigning her membership from the D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution) because they chose to not change their practices, to touring bom-ravaged London with the king and queen of England.  This book truly allows the reader to gain an insight on her life.

Review Excerpts:
Review on KIRKUS (09/2005) “Had Eleanor Roosevelt kept a scrapbook—an incredibly well-organized and thorough scrapbook—this is how it might feel to look through it. Arranged chronologically, the volume works like a jigsaw puzzle. Open it up, pick individual pieces at random and when placed all together, a full picture of the subject emerges.”
Review on PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY (09/2005) “The attractive design capitalizes on these various perspectives, often highlighted in different type treatments; yet the overall appearance is one of cohesion. With this approach, Fleming allows readers to draw their own conclusions; they will come away with an understanding of a woman who shaped her times and left a lasting imprint on the future.”
Awarded by ALA “Best Books for Young Adults” 2006
Connections:

Social Studies Connection-This book would be great when looking at the different things that Mrs. Roosevelt did to change our nation.  

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