What is true is that she never gave up even when people said she couldn't do it. Even though this book is portrayed in a cartoonist and kid friendly way I would still use this book in upper elementary grades (3-5) due to the content it contains. When people told Amelia Earhart she couldn’t do something simply because she was a girl, guess how that made her feel?
This is a story of pursuing one's dreams despite the doubts of others. It made her even more determined to prove those people wrong! It is the best lesson I can give.
This book openly admits that she wasn't the best pilot, but it gives a strangely selectiThis book, and likely the entire series (which I will be reviewing over the next few weeks, as I requested all of the books in the series that my library system had), forces the reader to face the question of how much truth should kids know about those viewed as historical heroes. The book reminds you that it is okay to be yourself, and that woman don't always have to act like a stereotypical lady. Age intended for this book is about at least 6 years old.Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inner Circle, The Book of Fate, and nine other bestselling thrillers including The Tenth Justice, The First Counsel, The Millionaires, and The President’s Shadow. I like the book because it gave you a ton of great information. Focusing on a single theme of a person's life and then making it come into focus with just a few words and illustrations is difficult. Whatever your dream is, chase it. This book openly admits that she wasn't the best pilot, but it gives a strangely selective account of her life that seems to present her as heroic simply because she was a woman. The inclusion of photographs at the end of the book makes the story all the more realistic.This is one book that I picked out for my class from the library and boy, did I do good - THEY LOVED IT! She reminds students that in order to succFrom the Ordinary People Change the World series, Brad Meltzer has done it again. The book does not go into her disappearance or some of the other things that happened in her life which is appropriate for the age group this is aimed at. Eventually she broke flying records and proved to the world that women can soar just as high as men. One wonders if the sort of undeserved fame that she received during her life was in part responsible for her end, in that she felt herself as a more competent pilot than she actually was and put herself in a place where her limited skills in flying and the riskiness of what she set out to do because others said she couldn't ended up leading to her death.The illustrations are similar to those of a comic book and are fun cartoons for elementary students to follow.
I love the opening of the book. Mr. Meltzer has crafted a fun new way of looking at history. Determined to fly planes at such a young age, Amelia Earhart is an example of how a … Even things that girls had never done before—like flying all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. The kids loved that. This book tackles the task and fails in one small area, Amelia's interest in airplanes came when she was an adult. As a child, I always imagined Amelia Earhart as an adult who accomplished great things that were impossible for me to achieve as a kid. Perfect. From being the first woman to fly across the Atlantic to breaPerhaps what happened to American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart is less important as to what she accomplished before being declared dead in absentia in 1939 at the age of 41. She reminds students that in order to succeed you have to work hard. You will find it. I really loved reading this biography! What is true is that she never gave up even when people saiIt is no simple task to create a biographical picture book. 0803740824 But that wasn't the only record she set - in fact, she set many more including crossing the Atlantic in the shortest time and breaking the record for highest flying woman at 14,000 feet.I Am Amelia Earhart (Ordinary People Change the World) is a book written by Brad Meltzer. You will find it. Well done.I have to say that the cartoon Amelia's cries of, "That was awesome!" This amazing series is captivating and engaging for even the youngest of readers. However, in this book, the illustrations of a whimsical young girl, seem to indicate that she had this love affair her whole life. It is one of many books in the "I Am..: series.