Straightforward inspirational biography with clear & attractive illustrations.

Too bad the art has been done with a 'sepia tone' effect - I thoroughly believe that children are misled by this and other strategies that treat history as past, done, separate, and the people as 'not like us.' History is a living thing that's being created as we speak. The people were just as intelligent & competent as we are now; they're not 'primitive.' Nor are they or their environment colorless.

But I did appreciate learning that Earhart was not 'the first woman pilot.' She broke the speed record for the Atlantic crossing and was the first woman to cross that ocean, but she actually learned to fly from pilot Anita Snook, one of the first woman pilots, who at age 24 had been flying for years. ( )