A Boy Named FDR: How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew Up to Change America
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Kathleen Krull. (2013). A Boy Named FDR: How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew Up to Change America. Random House Children's Books.

Kathleen Krull. 2013. A Boy Named FDR: How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew Up to Change America. Random House Children's Books.

Kathleen Krull, A Boy Named FDR: How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew Up to Change America. Random House Children's Books, 2013.

Kathleen Krull. A Boy Named FDR: How Franklin D. Roosevelt Grew Up to Change America. Random House Children's Books, 2013.

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   • bioText: Kathleen Krull’s many award-winning books of nonfiction include two others that focus on the childhood influences of great men: The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss and The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth.
     Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, a husband-and-wife team, are the illustrators of The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull, My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss, and New York’s Bravest by Mary Pope Osborne, as well as many other picture books of note.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt was born into one of the wealthiest families in America, yet this ultimate rich kid grew up to do more for ordinary Americans than any other president. This appealing picture book biography shows how, from childhood on, FDR  was compassionate, cheerful, determined, and enormously likable. Though he had private tutors as a young boy and later attended an elite boys' school, he played pranks and had down-to-earth fun just like any boy today. 
Kathleen Krull's animated picture book biography focuses on FDR's childhood years through his entry as a young man into politics and his battle with polio. A summary of his achievements as president and a chronology of his life are included. The well-researched text and the evocative illustrations by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher provide an inspiring introduction to one of our greatest presidents.

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     November 29, 2010
     Krull (Kubla Khan: The Emperor of Everything) details how "the ultimate rich kid," who could have had a life of luxurious ease, grew up to become one of America's most renowned 20th-century leaders. The doted-upon only child of a wealthy New York couple, Franklin Delano Roosevelt—at one point Krull calls him "Fancy FDR"—had it all: "nurses, private teachers, butlers, cooks, housekeepers.... all he had to say was that he wanted something and it was given to him." Krull explains how Roosevelt's family, schools, spouse, struggle with polio, and famous cousin Teddy all influenced his concern for those less fortunate, with
     vignettes picturing a young Roosevelt passing out Christmas gifts to servants' children and working as a camp counselor for poor youth. Johnson and Fancher's (Sunday Is for God) full-page ink and oils radiate an almost Rockwellian nostalgia. Muted hues and soft edges, found even in a dynamic painting of Roosevelt sailing off the Maine coast, complement FDR's image as a warm and caring individual. Krull concludes with a time line of his life, augmented by quotations from Roo-sevelt himself. Ages 6–10.

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     February 1, 2011
     

     Gr 3-5-This handsome picture-book biography explains how a pampered, privileged child grew up to be our 32nd president, serving longer than any other president in U.S. history. Krull tells readers, "He had long blond curls and wore dresses with fancy lace collars till he was almost six." His parents indulged his every wish and were quick to forgive any mischief, yet instilled a social conscience in their golden boy from an early age, urging him to "Help the helpless!" After a sheltered childhood of homeschooling, Franklin left for boarding school at age 14. Despite his parents' plans for him to be a gentleman like his father, he was inspired to enter the world of politics by the headmaster at Groton; his cousin Teddy; and his future wife, Eleanor. Stricken with polio at 39, Franklin struggled to regain his strength, reentering the political arena three years later. An epilogue explains the stock market crash, Great Depression, New Deal, fireside chats, and World War II. Filled with anecdotes and quotes, the text is concise and engaging, working well as a read-aloud or for independent reading. The rich, impressionistic oil and ink illustrations capture the spirit of the man and his time. Less wordy and more attractive than Judith St. George and Britt Spencer's Make Your Mark, Franklin Roosevelt (Philomel. 2007), this offering also covers more of the subject's life. Famous quotations are appended.-Barbara Auerbach, PS 217, Brooklyn, NY

     Copyright 2011 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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     January 1, 2011
     Grades 3-5 Echoing the overall theme and presenting, by and large, the same material, this purposeful picture-book biography follows Judith St. Georges Make Your Mark, Franklin Roosevelt (2007) in tracing FDRs path from birth (All children like to think theyre the center of their universe. But a boy named FDR really was) and schooling (When he was put in charge of a dorm, he was a good leader, compassionate toward the new boysthe way he wished hed been treated) into public life. Awarding nods to the early influences of parents, a particular tutor, a schoolmaster, and cousin Teddys zesty leadership, Krull closes with FDRs triumphant 1924 return to public life after being stricken with polio, summarizes the accomplishments of his later presidency, and ends with a combined list of dates and quotations. The figures in the large illustrations have a staid look, but FDR strikes appropriately heroic poses, and his outsize personality comes through clearly. Despite being a little loose in its chronology, this makes an acceptable introduction to our longest-serving president.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2011, American Library Association.)

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     July 1, 2011
     Krull imparts a strong sense of FDR's upright character (bordering on adulatory) and the times in which he lived in this readable narrative. Johnson and Fancher's illustrations stress the man's physical presence, from depicting infant Franklin as the center of his parents' world to portraying the jaunty politician campaigning for state senate. An author's note about Roosevelt's later years is appended. Timeline. Bib.

     (Copyright 2011 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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Kathleen Krull's animated picture book biography focuses on FDR's childhood years through his entry as a young man into politics and his battle with polio. A summary of his achievements as president and a chronology of his life are included. The well-researched text and the evocative illustrations by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher provide an inspiring introduction to one of our greatest presidents.

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