The House That Jane Built: A Story about Jane Addams (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780805090499)

This is the story of Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, who transformed a poor neighborhood in Chicago by opening up her house as a community center.

Ever since she was a little girl, Jane Addams hoped to help people in need. She wanted to live right in the middle of the roughest, poorest communities and create a place where people could go to find food, work, and help. In 1889, she bought a house in a run-down Chicago neighborhood and turned it into a settlement home, adding on playgrounds, kindergartens, and a public bath. By 1907, Hull House included thirteen buildings. And by the early 1920s, more than 9,000 people visited Jane's home each week. An inspiration to all, Jane Addams continues to be a role model to girls and women of all ages.

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Author: Tanya Lee Stone
ISBN-10: 0805090495
ISBN-13: 9780805090499
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Language: English
Published: 06/23/2015
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 11.30h x 9.20w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 175006 / House That Jane Built: A Story about Jane Addams

Award: Orbis Pictus Award - Recommended

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/27/2015
Shelf Awareness 07/07/2015
School Library Journal 09/01/2015 pg. 182
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2015
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2015 pg. 133
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 47