Explore the Life and Legacy of Amelia Earhart with Kate Boehm Jerome's 'Who Was Amelia Earhart?'

jeremy scarsbrook: I would have given 5 stars if there had been some photographs instead of just drawings.

United Kingdom on Nov 01, 2023

P. Farler: It was a perfect gift for an avid 9 year old reader.

United States on Jan 11, 2023

Mercedes: Me gusta el significado que relata el libro

Spain on Dec 24, 2022

Rosa: Compre este libro para un proyecto de la escuela de mi hija y resultó muy útil tiene toda la información que necesito

United States on May 08, 2022

Big Valley Fan: A great book about the life and accomplishments of Amelia Earhart for young readers. It focuses more on her life then her mysterious death. It also gives an insight as to what kind of world it was for women during the timeframe in which she lived and flew. My second grade granddaughter thought she was a great lady....and I agree!

United States on Sep 21, 2020

Amazon PRIME customer: I brought this book for my 7 year old daughter as she dressed up like Amelia Earhart for her schools history day and wanted to learn more about her. My daughter really enjoyed reading the book, (I also enjoyed reading the book). The text was clear and easy to read. The illustrations in the book are done like the cover in a cartoon like way which in my opinion is brilliant for younger readers.

United Kingdom on Jun 30, 2017

Candace K: I love this series! They are great, easy-to-read, fact based biographies that my children have grown up with. Sacagawea was our first book because of my daughter's obsession and from there we moved to other strong historical women, such as Helen Keller and Amelia Earhart. Then we would find subjects to correspond with whatever my kids were studying at school. Really, really recommend this series!!!

Germany on Nov 16, 2016

Cee Cee Drew: I bought this to start my daughter off (4th grace) on a research paper she had to do for Amelia Earhart. Buying this allowed her to highlight and 'markup' the key points to give her experience in studying.She was able to color code highlighting as 'facts' and 'interesting facts, not historically significant' which gave her a dynamic paper and speech.

The book was an easy read with plenty of facts, in a way that kept her attention. It had both the important and the trivial 'interesting facts' and contained everything she needed to be well versed on the life of Amelia Earhart. She read the complete book in the the time she devours her usual Wimpy kid diaries, so I think it is presented in a way that will keep kids interested.

United States on Feb 27, 2015

KI: My second grade son chose Amelia Earhart for his "person who made a difference" speech at school. The book that he checked out from his school library didn't have a lot of details, so we purchased this one. It does a great job of explaining some background information without overwhelming an eight-year old. For example, there was a short paragraph about Charles Lindbergh so that a child would understand how new aviation was at the time Amelia flew over the Atlantic. My son not only had plenty of information for his speech, but he also is a big Amelia Earhart fan.

United States on Feb 21, 2015

M Harold Page: I actually read this to my just-preschool 4-year-old daughter who had just started on chapter books at nursery.

Shortly afterwards, her princess hair was gone and she loudly decided she wanted to be a vet (since Amelia Earhart could do what *she* wanted.) It's very clearly written, with inset panels providing extra context and thus possible to skip for a younger reader. The text itself would be fine for a 6-year-old, I think and reminds me a bit of the old Ladybird biographies.

The book presents Earhart as she was - a woman of her time, making her way, and embracing 20s style Feminism but still feminine, avoiding early marriage, and marrying on her own terms; happily ever after for her was a husband who supported her in *her* adventures.

From a parent's point of view, the nice thing about Earhart was that she designed clothes, set fashions, but could do so because she flew planes and had adventures. For younger female listeners and readers she's a fantastic bridge from Barbie to something less saccharine, more assertive, more covered in engine grease - because Amelia didn't care...

Oh, and, the book doesn't let Earhart's disappearance overshadow the...

United Kingdom on Dec 02, 2012