Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom

by Kathleen V. Kudlinski, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator)

Childhood of Famous Americans
One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies -- easily read by children of eight and up -- today's youngster is swept right into history.

Genres: History, Childrens

208 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2003

About the author

Kathleen Kudlinski is the author of 40 children’s books. Her works range from picture books to the YA level and include natural history, biographies and historical novels.
When not writing, she is a popular speaker and writing instructor. Building on a BS in Biology and six years of classroom teaching experience, Kathleen later trained as a “Master Teaching Artist” with the Connecticut Commission on the Arts as well as presenting at regional and national conferences. Now she eagerly Skypes with classroom, book-, and home-school groups, world-wide.

In her spare time, she paints and leads several SCBWI (Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators) critique groups, and teaches writing for children.

She writes at home beside a deep, wild lake in Guilford CT or at her woodland cabin in Weathersfield, VT with a a rescue macaw clinging to her shoulder and a pitbull warming her feet.

Reviews

[Cindy aka "The Book Fairy" · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was quite an enlightening read that made me check out even more details about afterwards.... One aspect stood out to me++, after he was just newly married and returned from his honeymoon, his domineering Mother gave him and his wife a house............BUT hers was attached to it with a sliding door into theirs no less! Just what every new bride dreams of; the mother in law having access anytime and not being able to have chosen any item/decor either :( "Oh goodie".... Otherwise, it was interesting to read about fortunate life for the most part, determination and ambition etc until he ended up with polio at age 39. He did accomplish much for the citizens and wanted to help those who were also stricken with polio. It goes to show how history always repeats itself as the polio outbreak was related to the DDT mass spraying; corresponding...then in 1955 the medical association changed the name to flaccid paralysis etc, as cases still rose along with the vaccines , then forbade doctors from diagnosing it as polio or lose their medical license...hhmm. Sounds eerily familiar ;doctors being warned and threatened career wise ( like the tobacco wives novel) Anyway that's my "rant", an enjoyable book overall yet again by Kathleen Kudlinski.