Tween Tuesday Reivew: Princess Diana

Tween Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at GreenBeanTeenQueen to highlight great reads for tweens. 

* We're looking at this biography series to be part of the 6th grade Summer Reading lists.*


My Thoughts:   Princess Diana fascinated me. I was happy to read this and learn more about her life.  Most of this biography takes place in her adult life. There's not too much on her childhood. However, I think it's a great book for anyone interested in the Princess. I adore the photos. They were great and there's at least one photo for each spread. In keeping with the DK tradition there are sidebars with additional information, vocabulary words, and quotes.
A wonderful series!

Cover: Great!


Source: My Library

Review: Babe Didrikson Zaharias

I read this book in preparation for my talk at the Sporty Women's Tea and I loved learning about her.  Before reading this book, I knew that she competed in a track meet as the single woman on her team and WON beating teams of women. I did not know that she was a professional billiards, baseball, and basketball player. I didn't know that the US Tennis Association refused to let her play tennis as an amateur because she was a professional in other sports. I didn't know that she went from professional golf player to amateur and back to professional. I didn't realized that she was the first woman athlete to earn 6 figure salary with endorsements and tournament winnings.

I loved learning more about Babe. She was an amazing woman and an awesome athlete. She was determined, disciplined, and competitive. She practiced religiously and excelled at every sport she tried.  This book was well written, interesting, and I devoured it. I don't read many biographies, but this one was excellent.  A great biography for kids, tweens, and even teens.