Book Detail

Amelia and Eleanor Go For A Ride

Publication Information
Author:  Ryan, Pan Munoz Illustrator:  Brian Selznick
Title:  Amelia and Eleanor Go For A Ride Date:  1999
Publisher:  Scholastic, Inc City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-590-96075-X ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:   Yes
Family:   Yes Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, biography and autobiography, historical fiction

HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading| social studies

Summary:
Story of an evening when two famous and courageous women take to the air, and the highway. Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt have a mini adventure after dinner at the White House.

Teaching Ideas:
Excellent resource for Even Start. The book even has a recipe from the White House. A quick introduction to the age of aviation, and one of the first heroines in that field. A view of the White House during the Roosevelt era.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Heroes and Heroines > well-known heroes
bullet Social Studies > sociology > women > women in history
bullet Transportation > flight > aviators > Earhart, Amelia
bullet Government/Civics > government > Presidents


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