Through Georgia's Eyes by Rachel Rodriguez

Rodriguez, R., & Pashckis, J. (2006). Through Georgia's eyes. New York: Henry Holt

and Company, LLC.

Summary:
This book tells the simple story of Georgia O’Keeffe’s life. It begins when she was young with her first memory. It tells the story of how she became a painter despite the fact that during her time, women were not artists. It is written in very simple sentences and is easy to understand. The illustrations that accompany the text seem to tell a story within theirselves.

Ages:
Pre-K through 2nd grade

Credibility of Author:
To write this story, the author read many books and bibliographies written about Georgia O’Keeffe.

National Standards that this book relates to:
The Social Studies standards addressed are people, places, and environments.

Access Features:
This book begins with an author’s note (this tells about what the author did to help her be able to write this story), and illustrator’s note (this note talks about how the illustrations were created and why they were done this way), and a bibliography of texts that the author used to become familiar with Georgia O'Keeffe's life. It also contains a more descriptive biography of Georgia O’Keeffe at the end.

Description of the Illustrations:
The illustrations in this book manage to tell a story by themselves. They give the reader insight into the types of paintings that Georgia O’Keeffe painted. The illustrator's note at the beginning of the book says that the illustrations were creating using paper cut collages that had been painted using acrylic paint and then glued down in layers. The illustrations are definitely worth spending time with in this book!

My response to the book:
This book told the story of Georgia O’Keefe’s life simply and elegantly. It is written so that the children in the lower grades will be able to read it independently and understand the events in her life.

How I would use this book in my class:
This book would be good to study different kinds of paintings or maybe the background of the painter and why different aspects in their life lead to the way that they paint. It also proves that you can be what you want even if it is not socially acceptable because when Georgia O'Keeffe wanted to be a painter, there were no women painters.