More Than Anything Else Booker T. Washington

More Than Anything Else  Booker T. Washington
Marie Bradby   Illus. Chris Soentpiet

What did he want more than anything else? Booker at nine years of age hungered to learn to read. Although he had to work all day long in the salt mines, his desire to read was greater than sleep or rest or food. The author says she wrote this book when her son was five and was learning to read. Bradby writes beautifully and her words combine with Soentpiet's watercolor illustrations with a harmonious effect.

You might like to visit the websites of illustrators. You can view good layouts of their work and discover other books by artists you come to like. On this website I discovered the fact that Soentpiet and Marie Bradby won many awards for More Than Anything Else. The list goes all the way down the page!
http://www.soentpiet.com/more.htm

I hesitate to assign grade or age levels. These levels are general suggestions due to the fact that younger children probably would not have the stamina to listen to the longer books. Also not all content is suitable for younger children. But all ages would enjoy hearing or reading the stories on the list marked for PreK-4.