The House That Jane Built A Story About Jane Addams [Hardcover]

This is the story of Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, who transformed a poor neighborhood in Chicago by opening up her house as a community center.

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An NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Recommended Book
A CBC NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book
A Bank Street College Best Book of the Year
An Illinois Bluestem Award Nominee
A Junior Library Guild Selection

In a moving portrayal of empathy and innovation in action, Stone and Brown convey both the significance of Addams's contributions, as well as the physical transformations of those she helped. Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Rendered in watercolor with pen and ink, the illustrations, both full bleed and spot, beautifully evoke the time period and enhance the well-researched, accessible text. . . A fine introduction to the first American female recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize School Library Journal

Stone is deft with characterization:readers see the young Addams enjoying a childhood game with her stepbrother,and while no connection is articulated, this seems contiguous with her launching Chicago's first playground as an adult. . . Addams's matter-of-fact noblesse oblige is captured in Brown's handsome watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations The Horn Book

Stone capably discusses Addams' early years at Hull House, the mansion she converted into a neighborhood center and encircled with related enterprises; Brown's ink and watercolor pictures complement the hopeful tone of the text The Bulletin

* A short, incisive biography. . . . The cameos of action, matched by full-page pictures, make the history accessible. A must for library shelves. Booklist, starred review on Elizabeth Leads the Way

This biography brims with upbeat energy as the spirited woman sets out to change the sysl#.