“Joan of Arc: Heroin of France”
By Ann Tompert
Illustrated by: Michael Garland
Boyds Mills Press;
Copyright 2003
(non-fiction biography)
This book recounted the story of Joan of Arch in a way that younger students would be able to understand. It is also a good book for anyone who wanted to learn the basic facts with having to read an in-depth book. I was already familiar with this story so I read it to my daughter in order to get a younger perspective. It wasn’t the subject matter she would have chosen, but I believe it is a story that she will now always be familiar with. It opened up a lot of questions such as, were those voices really from Saints, What did her parents think, did they all know she was a girl. That in itself makes me feel like this would be a conversation starter in a classroom. The illustrations were beautiful and full of color and detail, which lent more to the story. This book does have a lot of French names and cities, which some students may have trouble pronouncing. This would be a good reference book or one to be read aloud.
I found several texts to self connections in this story just based on the numerous themes of the book. Bravery, self sacrifice, religion, is a few of the themes present. Text to world connection for me was how it relates to all of the bravery we see among our soldiers fighting over seas. They may not be fighting for God, but they are fighting for a bigger purpose that they believe in.
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