Title: Diana The People's Princess
Author: Richard Wood
Publisher: Steck-Vaughn Comopany
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN #: 0-8172-3998-7
Brief Summary: This is an informative history book for young readers about princess Diana. The book explains her upbringing, marriage, children and family, and most importantly her humanitarian efforts. It really brings to life how beautiful of a person Princess Diana was both inside and out.
Evaluation: I chose to do my blog on this book because I have heard wonderful things about Princess Diana but I didn't know that much about her and I was interested in knowing more about her. This book really describes her shining personality well and shows how amazing of a person she was. However, I don't think that this book is appropriate for all young readers. Elementary school aged children don't need to be seeing pictures of her car after it crashed for example. Also the vocabulary used in this book was complicated at times so that young readers might not be able to read this book on their own. Also, young children most likely won't be interested in this book because they probably have never heard of Princess Diana and the information that it talks about takes place way before there time. For those reasons they have no way of relating to the books information. I could see this book being useful if it was used by a child doing a project on Princess Diana who has to learn everything there is to know about her. This book is even more informative because it contains a glossary of complicated or medical terminology and the terms definitions.
Rating: 3 out of 5 crowns.
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