The Value of Caring: The Story of Eleanor Roosevelt

by Ann Donegan Johnson

Book Overview

A biography of the First Lady who not only aided her husband after he was stricken with polio but also served as a delegate to the United Nations where she helped start UNICEF. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916392112
• ISBN13: 9780916392116
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Value Communications
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Age Range: 5 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 6

Customer Reviews

Eleanor Cares for Everyone

In this installment of the ValueTales series, Ann Donegan Johnson helps us appreciate caring by examining the life of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962). The book introduces us to a happy woman named Eleanor who sometimes felt shy. She found that she was less lonely when she did things for other people who needed her help. She helped her husband so well with his political career that he became the president of the United States. While she lived in the White House, Eleanor found even more opportunities to help children, soldiers and many other people in the country. After her husband died, Eleanor dedicated her life to helping people around the world. Like other books in the ValueTales series, this book uses a real-life person to exemplify an important value. It is suitable for reading by children in the later elementary school grades. A "Historical Facts" section at the book's end summarizes Eleanor Roosevelt's life in a single-page bio form suitable for adults. Closing quote: "Show that you care for others by doing loving things to make them happy, and they will return your love. Then you can be happier too, like our wonderfully caring friend, Eleanor Roosevelt." (p. 62)