Eleanor at two years old

“Candace Fleming has chronicled the life of Eleanor Roosevelt as no other. With photographs on every page and with special attention having been given each important person, place, and project, this book provides an exciting glimpse into a remarkable life. It will appeal to young and old alike.” –Chandler Roosevelt Lindsley and Elliott Roosevelt Jr., grandchildren of Eleanor Roosevelt

 

“Candace Fleming's portrait bursts at the seams with energy, and makes brilliantly clear why Eleanor Roosevelt is a perfect role model for American kids, and for kids around the world. Mrs. Roosevelt wasn't the head of her time, she's the head of our time.” –James Carville

 

“This book belongs in every school library and on the shelf of everyone who cares how America came to be the country we know. With thorough research and vivid storytelling, Candace Fleming brings to life a fascinating and complex woman. Through one engrossing tale after another, perfectly illustrated with historical photographs, Eleanor emerges from these beautiful pages; by midway, you half expect her to wander into your kitchen for tea at any moment.” -Karen Blumenthal, author of Let Me Play

Eleanor and Amelia Earhardt

 

“Creating a unique form for biography – the collage – the author has given us a superbly rounded and penetrating portrait of one of our greatest women, Eleanor Roosevelt. No one can read it and not feel deeply grateful for her long service to the American people and to human rights the world round.” –Milton Meltzer, five-time National Book Award Finalist and author of There Comes a Time: The Struggle for Civil Rights

 

“In Our Eleanor Candace Fleming sets a new standard for the blending of an astonishing number of apt illustrations with fine writing and a strong sense of the ever-fascinating Eleanor Roosevelt.” –Marc Aronson, author of Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado

 

“Many children's book writers have written biographies of Eleanor Roosevelt, but I don't know of any that illuminated so many different facets of this remarkable woman's life and activities.” –James Cross Giblin, winner of the Robert F. Sibert Award and author of The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin

Eleanor at the voting bootht

 

There has hardly been a life in the last century that Eleanor Roosevelt has not affected in one way or another. A champion for women, peace, prosperity, and the American way of life in our country and around the world, Mrs. Roosevelt was so many things to so many people - and she would not have had it any other way.

Candace Fleming, author of the acclaimed Ben Franklin's Almanac, looks at the person behind the politics in our nation's premier First Lady. Told in a unique "scrapbook" style, this biography presents Mrs. Roosevelt in her many roles: Eleanor the wife and mother alongside Eleanor the United Nations delegate and Junior Literary Guild board member; Eleanor the popular columnist and children's author alongside Eleanor the civil-rights crusader and champion of the underprivileged. These stories are complemented by hundreds of original articles and photographs, documenting everything from her high school report card to her speech in the 1940 Democratic National Convention. Brilliantly composed, impeccably researched, and beautifully packaged, Our Eleanor is sure to inspire even the most reluctant of history students and will present to a new generation of readers an Eleanor to call its own.