Last night, I read my copy of Indelible Ann: The Larger-Than-Life Story of Governor Ann Richards by Meghan P. Browne, illustrated by Carlynn Whitt.
I must confess that I was not paying much attention to politics when Richards was running for governor; I was in my third year of teaching in a resource setting and planning a wedding the year she was elected. I do remember the mudslinging ads, though, and admired her high-road campaigning.
When I met the author of this book at the TLA "Speed-Dating the Bluebonnets" event last month, I told her that this was the book I didn't know we were missing until she wrote it. She said the same thing, surprised that there hadn't been a children's book published about Richards. Richards is one of the only two women ever to be elected to the office of Texas Governor, and diversified the dome before diversity was even a buzzword.
It's Monday, and I'm catching up on Texas history with a Bluebonnet Award Nominee biography. Have you read an informational picture book lately? Were you surprised by the content?
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