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Wing, Natasha

When Jackie Saved Grand Central: The True Story of Jacqueline Kennedy's Fight for an American Icon

48 pp. | Houghton | March, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-547-44921-0 $17.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Alexandra Boiger. Lively if wordy text recounts how First Lady Jackie Kennedy, who restored a then "dreary" White House "into a stately home," waged a long, tough campaign to preserve NYC's historic, iconic Grand Central Station. The impressionistic watercolor, gouache, and ink illustrations convey the story's emotions and the station's grandeur, but Boiger oddly renders Jackie as a stilted, peg-legged character. Concludes with author's and illustrator's notes. Bib.
Reviewer: Christina Dorr

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