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<\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n12.16.2018\u00a0 First Ladies featured in new children\u2019s book<\/h1>\n
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Three former First Ladies from Texas<\/span> are included in the new children\u2019s book, Have You Heard About Lady Bird? Poems About Our First Ladies<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Marilyn Singer<\/span> and illustrated by Nancy Carpenter<\/span> (Disney\/Hyperion, $17.99 hardcover).<\/p>\nThree former First Ladies from Texas<\/span> are included in the new children\u2019s book, Have You Heard About Lady Bird? Poems About Our First Ladies<\/span> by Marilyn Singer<\/span> and illustrated by Nancy Carpenter<\/span> (Disney\/Hyperion, $17.99 hardcover).<\/p>\nThe poem about Lady Bird Johnson, who is featured on the cover, deals with beautification: \u201cShe loved things that flew. She loved things that grew.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barbara Pierce Bush, Singer writes, \u201cMade fun of her weight, her age, her looks. Strongly believed in the power of books.\u201d<\/p>\n
The verse about Laura Lane Welch Bush notes that she loved libraries and books and promoted family literacy while in office, as did her mother-in-law.<\/p>\n
Every First Lady, from Martha Dandridge Curtis Washington to Melania Knauss Trump is portrayed in verse as well as in a biographical summary at the end of the book.<\/p>\n
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Barbara Jordan: <\/span>Acclaimed Austin children\u2019s author Chris Barton<\/span> reflects on the life of the late Barbara Jordan in his new picture book, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That? The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan<\/span> (Beach Lane Books, $17.99 hardcover, illustrated by Ekua Holmes<\/span>).<\/p>\nHe begins with her growing up in Houston\u2019s Fifth Ward, reciting poetry and memorizing speeches, and follows her as she becomes a lawyer,\u00a0 runs unsuccessfully for political office, gets elected to the Texas State Senate, then to the U.S. Congress where she makes a name for herself during the Nixon impeachment hearings, and finally becomes a college professor.<\/p>\n
Barton \u2014 who writes that he sometimes asks himself, \u201cWhat would Barbara Jordan do?\u201d when dealing with contemporary issues \u2014 concludes the book with a biographical time line from her birth in 1936 to her death in 1996.<\/p>\n
He recommends several other books about her, especially the adult biography by Mary Beth Rogers, Barbara Jordan: American Hero.<\/span><\/p>\nNutcracker: <\/span>A Texas writer and a Texas artist \u2013 Jennifer Coleman<\/span> and Wade Dillon<\/span> — teamed up to produce The Texas Nutcracker<\/span> (Pelican, $16.99 hardcover), a tale set in Fort Davis in the late 1800s.<\/p>\nThe Texas version of the popular holiday story includes rattlesnakes, a Bluebonnet Fairy, chili con carne, horned toads, and dancing the \u201cCotton Eyed Joe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Holiday break:<\/span> I\u2019m taking a short break from the Texas Reads column but will be back in January with more Texas books.<\/p>\n* * * * *<\/p>\n
Glenn Dromgoole<\/span>\u2019s most recent book is The Book Guy.<\/span> Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
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Three former First Ladies from Texas<\/span> are included in the new children\u2019s book, Have You Heard About Lady Bird? Poems About Our First Ladies<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Marilyn Singer<\/span> and illustrated by Nancy Carpenter<\/span> (Disney\/Hyperion, $17.99 hardcover).<\/p>\n Three former First Ladies from Texas<\/span> are included in the new children\u2019s book, Have You Heard About Lady Bird? Poems About Our First Ladies<\/span> by Marilyn Singer<\/span> and illustrated by Nancy Carpenter<\/span> (Disney\/Hyperion, $17.99 hardcover).<\/p>\n The poem about Lady Bird Johnson, who is featured on the cover, deals with beautification: \u201cShe loved things that flew. She loved things that grew.\u201d<\/p>\n Barbara Pierce Bush, Singer writes, \u201cMade fun of her weight, her age, her looks. Strongly believed in the power of books.\u201d<\/p>\n The verse about Laura Lane Welch Bush notes that she loved libraries and books and promoted family literacy while in office, as did her mother-in-law.<\/p>\n Every First Lady, from Martha Dandridge Curtis Washington to Melania Knauss Trump is portrayed in verse as well as in a biographical summary at the end of the book.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Barbara Jordan: <\/span>Acclaimed Austin children\u2019s author Chris Barton<\/span> reflects on the life of the late Barbara Jordan in his new picture book, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That? The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan<\/span> (Beach Lane Books, $17.99 hardcover, illustrated by Ekua Holmes<\/span>).<\/p>\n He begins with her growing up in Houston\u2019s Fifth Ward, reciting poetry and memorizing speeches, and follows her as she becomes a lawyer,\u00a0 runs unsuccessfully for political office, gets elected to the Texas State Senate, then to the U.S. Congress where she makes a name for herself during the Nixon impeachment hearings, and finally becomes a college professor.<\/p>\n Barton \u2014 who writes that he sometimes asks himself, \u201cWhat would Barbara Jordan do?\u201d when dealing with contemporary issues \u2014 concludes the book with a biographical time line from her birth in 1936 to her death in 1996.<\/p>\n He recommends several other books about her, especially the adult biography by Mary Beth Rogers, Barbara Jordan: American Hero.<\/span><\/p>\n Nutcracker: <\/span>A Texas writer and a Texas artist \u2013 Jennifer Coleman<\/span> and Wade Dillon<\/span> — teamed up to produce The Texas Nutcracker<\/span> (Pelican, $16.99 hardcover), a tale set in Fort Davis in the late 1800s.<\/p>\n The Texas version of the popular holiday story includes rattlesnakes, a Bluebonnet Fairy, chili con carne, horned toads, and dancing the \u201cCotton Eyed Joe.\u201d<\/p>\n Holiday break:<\/span> I\u2019m taking a short break from the Texas Reads column but will be back in January with more Texas books.<\/p>\n * * * * *<\/p>\n Glenn Dromgoole<\/span>\u2019s most recent book is The Book Guy.<\/span> Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n