Laura Bush:First Lady/Pb (Gateway Biographies)

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Summary: Great Book on the First Lady!
Review: Tanya Lee Stone has done it again! This inspiring biography gives the reader new insight on Laura Bush--both personally and in her role as First Lady. A nice tribute to a lovely lady.

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Summary: Laura Bush Biography is a Big Disappointment!
Review: The text of this biography on Laura Bush is choppy and shallow. The book lacks "flow." Information which is unnecessary is just "stuck in" for reasons unclear to the reader. One example of this is a paragraph about a car accident that Laura was in as a teenager. If the author thought this was important enough to include, enough information should have been provided to understand why it was included. Personally, I thought it was totally unnecessary. I'm not sure why the mini piece on "First Pets" was included either. Finally, there was "overkill" regarding the election. Al Gore and the closeness of the election didn't need to be repeated 2-3 times in a book which is supposedly focusing on Laura Bush, who has done so much for the children of Texas, the country and is now branching out to help children around the world! I was very disappointed in both the content and the writing style of this biography about a very special woman. As an elementary teacher, I would not recommend it to a school library, or to a classroom teacher, to use as a resource for biographical information on Laura Bush.