Shirin yim bridges grandmother biography of christopher
Posted on: Sunday, March 2, 2003
How fortuitous for the start of March, Women's History Month. Writer and poet Sue Cowing recently introduced me to two wonderful biographies: one about a famous woman painter, the other about a grandmother.
BOOKS FOR KEIKI
2 noteworthy women's biographies
By James Rumford
| "Frida," by Jonah Winter, introduces a woman who overcomes pain and suffering through her art. |
In "Ruby's Wish," author Shirin Yim Bridges writes about her Chinese grandmother, Ruby, who yearns to go to a university.Writing Life - Shirin Yim Leos |
The two books are excellent examples of biographies written for children. They combine pictures and words to create a story that engages the child.
It is a story that does what no adult biography or encyclopedia article can do: sing a song of a life lived; paint a portrait for us all to see.
The first book is called "Frida." Here author Jonah Winter recounts in no more than 500 words the life of the now-famous — El Deseo de Ruby by Shirin Yim Bridges | Goodreads TEJAV