Who Was Franklin Roosevelt?

Part of Who Was?

Illustrated by John O'Brien
$5.99 US
Penguin Young Readers | Penguin Workshop
On sale Jan 07, 2010 | 9781101184943
Age 8-12 years
Reading Level: Lexile 710L | Fountas & Pinnell T
Sales rights: World
Although polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and served as president during World War II. Elected four times, he spent thirteen years in the White House. How he led the country through tremendously difficult problems, much like the ones facing America today, makes for a timely and engrossing biography.

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Although polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and served as president during World War II. Elected four times, he spent thirteen years in the White House. How he led the country through tremendously difficult problems, much like the ones facing America today, makes for a timely and engrossing biography.