Farrar Straus And Giroux I could do that!: esther morris gets women the vote, hardcover/linda arms white

Awards Winner (2006) - Christopher Awards - (Books for Young People) Recommended (2006) - Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - (Seven to Ten) Nominee (2007) - Rhode Island Children's Book Awards - (Grades 3-6) Nominee (2007 - 2008) - Black-Eyed Susan Award - (Picture Book) Contributor(s):Author: Linda Arms White Illustrator: Nancy Carpenter Full of humor and spunk - just like Esther I could do that, says six-year-old Esther as she watches her mother making tea.

Start her own business at the age of nineteen? Why, she could do that, too.

But one thing Esther and other women could NOT do was vote.

Only men could do that.

With lively text and humorous illustrations as full of spirit as Esther herself, this striking picture book biography shows how one girl's gumption propels her through a life filled with challenges until, in 1869, she wins the vote for women in Wyoming Territory - the first time ever in the United States I Could Do That is a 2006 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

  Review citations Booklist / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg.

63 - 09/15/2005Booklist / Exceptional Presentation - pg.

63 - 09/15/2005Booklist / Book Of Special Distinction - pg.

63 - 09/15/2005Booklist / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg.

63 - 09/15/2005Booklist / Highly Recommended - pg.

63 - 09/15/2005Kirkus Review - Children - pg.

924 - 08/15/2005School Library Journal / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg.

197 - 09/01/2005School Library Journal / Exceptional Presentation - pg.

197 - 09/01/2005School Library Journal / Book Of Special Distinction - pg.

197 - 09/01/2005School Library Journal / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg.

197 - 09/01/2005School Library Journal / Highly Recommended - pg.

197 - 09/01/2005Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks / Recommended - pg.

248 - 01/01/2006Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks / Recommended/Regional General - pg.

248 - 01/01/2006Booklist Ed Choice Youth - pg.

16 - 01/01/2006Hornbook Guide to Children / Recommended - 01/01/2006Hor.