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Krull, Kathleen

Lives of Extraordinary Women: Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought)

96 pp. | Harcourt | August, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-15-200807-1 $$20.00

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt. With her artist companion of five previous 'Lives' books, Krull shows herself in command of her material. Except for Eleanor Roosevelt, who is given five pages, the histories of these twenty larger-than-life women (also including Elizabeth I, Golda Meir, and West African queen Nzingha) are condensed into two or three pages. Hewitt's inventive, gently caricatured portraits accompany the biographical sketches. Bib.

Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2000