Borrowed Names: Poems about Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C.J. Walker, Marie Curie, and Their Daughters

As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two created the beloved Little House series.

Sara Breedlove, the daughter of former slaves, wanted everything to be different for her own daughter, A'Lelia. Together they built a million-dollar beauty empire for women of color. Marie Curie became the first person in history to win two Nobel prizes in science. Inspired by her mother, Irène too became a scientist and Nobel prize winner.

Borrowed Names is the story of these extraordinary mothers and daughters.
Borrowed Names is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author: Jeannine Atkins
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 03/16/2010
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.56h x 6.22w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780805089349

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 136722 / Borrowed Names: Poems about Laura Ingalls Wilder, Madam C.J. Walker, Marie Curie, and Their Daughter

Award: Cybils - Finalist
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 02/01/2010 pg. 127
Booklist 02/01/2010 pg. 44
Kirkus Review - Children 02/15/2010
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2010 pg. 99
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2010 - Book Of Special Distinction
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2010 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2011 pg. 11
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

About the Author

Jeannine Atkins is the author of several books for young readers including Anne Hutchinson's Way. She teaches children's literature at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and lives in Whatley, Massachusetts.

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