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A Boy Named FDR
How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew Up to Change America
By KRULL, Kathleen
- ISBN
- 978-0-37585-716-4
- Publisher
- Knopf
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2011 | Preschool to Grade 4
Gr 3–5—This handsome picture-book biography explains how a pampered, privileged child grew up to be our 32nd president, serving longer than any other president in U.S. history. Krull tells readers, "He had long blond curls and wore dresses with fancy lace collars till he was almost six." His parents indulged his every wish and were quick to forgive any mischief, yet instilled a social conscience in their golden boy from an early age, urging him to "Help the helpless!" After a sh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Krull imparts a strong sense of FDR's upright character (bordering on adulatory) and the times in which he lived in this readable narrative...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
