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Stone, Tanya Lee

The House That Jane Built: A Story About Jane Addams

32 pp. | Holt/Ottaviano | June, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8050-9049-9 $17.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Kathryn Brown. Stone bypasses her subject's many accolades to show her in a strictly human light. At age six, Addams realized that her privilege was not universal. The adult Addams started a settlement house in 1889 to help Chicago's vast immigrant population; Hull House would become a template for the modern community center. Addams's matter-of-fact noblesse oblige is captured in handsome watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations. Bib.

Reviewer: Nell Beram | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2015