What To Do About Alice?
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How Alice Roosevelt broke the rules, charmed the world, and drove her father Teddy crazy!
Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham
Published by Scholastic Press
Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham
Published by Scholastic Press
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
Nominated for Young Reader awards in Texas, Illinois, Utah and Tennessee
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
Nominated for Young Reader awards in Texas, Illinois, Utah and Tennessee
"I can be president of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both."
Theodore Roosevelt
Children's Book Author Barbara Kerley
"Irrepressible Alice Roosevelt gets a treatment every bit as attractive and exuberant as she was.... Kerley's text has the same rambunctious spirit as its subject, grabbing readers from the first line.... The large format gives Fotheringham, in his debut, plenty of room for spectacular art."
Booklist, starred review
"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.... Fascinating."
School Library Review, starred review
"It's hard to imagine a picture book biography that could better suit its subject than this high-energy volume serves young Alice Roosevelt."
Publishers Weekly, starred review
"What to do about Alice? Enjoy!" Horn Book, starred review
"Superb." Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Booklist, starred review
"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.... Fascinating."
School Library Review, starred review
"It's hard to imagine a picture book biography that could better suit its subject than this high-energy volume serves young Alice Roosevelt."
Publishers Weekly, starred review
"What to do about Alice? Enjoy!" Horn Book, starred review
"Superb." Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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To locate an independent bookstore near you, click here.
You can also try Powell's, amazon, or Barnes and Noble.
To order a signed and/or personalized copy (To John, To the Smith Family), contact my local independent bookstore. I come in to sign books there all the time, and they'll be delighted to help you.
Happy reading!
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