Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight

by Kathleen Krull

Book Overview

The beautifully illustrated picture book about Hillary Clinton--now revised and updated with brand-new material about her time as Secretary of State. Before Hillary Clinton was in the running to be president, she was a young girl growing up outside Chicago who lost the election for student-body president. She wanted to be an astronaut, to soar as high as the stars above. She kept reaching up and up as she grew. There were people who told her no--most...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481451138
• ISBN13: 9781481451130
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.3" x 10.6"
• Age Range: 5 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 5

Customer Reviews

Inspiring for a young child

Couldn't bring myself to buy another princess story for a toddler and then I was told of this little gem

Fabulous & Inspiring

This is a fabulous and inspiring book....about a woman who is a true model for our family. Our daughter (8) loves it! Well written and illustrated.

Richie's Picks: HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: DREAMS TAKING FLIGHT

"In her thirty-five years of public service, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has never given up on her fight for the American people...and no matter how this primary ends, Senator Clinton has shattered myths and broken barriers and changed the America in which my daughters and your daughters will come of age and for that we are grateful to her." -- Senator Barack Obama speaking in Iowa, 20 May, 2008 I have a lovely, seventeen-year-old daughter who, in her younger years, we nicknamed Tenacious. I can tell you from experience that, on a day-to-day basis, it can sometimes be a bit challenging to live with such an offspring. But there is no doubt in my mind that, as a general principle, the more tenacity that exists in the world's women, the more safe and sane a planet we all end up with. "Once there was a girl who wanted to fly. She dreamed of zooming in a spaceship up through the clouds into outer space, learning new things about Earth. "She wrote to the national space agency to volunteer. But it was 1961, and some paths were still closed to women, such as the job of astronaut." I'd flown down to Los Angeles on Thursday morning for this year's Book Expo America. While the DNC's Rules Committee was in the midst of meeting in Denver Saturday, hoping to come to an agreement on seating the Florida and Michigan delegations at the upcoming Democratic national convention, I was amidst publisher friends, bookseller friends, librarian friends, a breathtaking assemblage of top authors and illustrators, and millions of new books on display. "She liked to lead. In high school she was elected vice president of her junior class. But when she ran for president, she lost. One of the boys she ran against said she was 'really stupid if she thought a girl could be elected president.'" My ongoing obsession with the US presidential campaign which, for me, began three years ago this month -- when I experienced Senator Obama delivering an electrifying keynote address at the American Library Association's annual convention in Chicago -- came roaring back into my consciousness Saturday morning. Amidst those miles of books and friends at Book Expo, I encountered a loose-paged copy of the upcoming picture book, HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: DREAMS TAKING FLIGHT by Kathleen Krull and Amy June Bates. And by some double-whammy quirk of fate, Kathleen Krull stopped by the Simon & Schuster booth and said hi to me as I was sitting on the booth's carpeted floor, totally immersed in her wonderfully moving book about Hillary. "She decided to apply to law school. A lawyer really could change the world -- or at least the lives of the neediest people, by making laws work for them. "A professor at one law school told her, 'We don't need any more women.' She chose another school." Kathleen sounded a mite bit wistful as she noted that she'd been expecting Hillary to have been doing better at this point in the primary season. But there is quite a silver lining to be found in th

Take a Risk and Dare to Change the World

As a young girl, Hillary Rodham dreamed of being an astronaut. Although life would ultimately take her down a different path, her dreams served her well later in life. In Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight, author Kathleen Krull and illustrator Amy June Bates share the story of a little girl who followed her dreams and became an inspiration to millions of women of all ages. Beautiful watercolor art and inspiring quotations accompany Krull's writing. We follow Hillary through her early education all the way to law school, from her time as First Lady of Arkansas to the First Lady of the United States, all the way to her historic run for the Democratic Presidential nomination. Hillary faced many obstacles along the way, but her hard work and determination to succeed are an incredible example to young girls with big dreams. This book would be a good choice for classroom or home school use. In addition to the main story, Kathleen Krull has included five pages of more detailed information about the events covered in the book. This supplemental material is very interesting and will deepen an older child's understanding of Hillary Rodham Clinton's life and career.