Sharice's Big Voice is a book about perseverance and willpower, Sharice shares her story about how she pursued her dreams and became the first native congresswoman. ( )

The illustrated autobiography is followed by photos, author’s note, artist’s notes, and “Beyond the Ho-Chunk”.

Recommended Ages: Gr. 1-4

Plot Summary: Sharice has been a talker her whole life, which is good since with a mom in the military they moved around a lot. As a Native American, she wanted to help people so went to law school. A typical law job wasn't for her but she learned she could use her law degree to help others after she moved to South Dakota. There she learned that she could help more people if she ran for congress. She didn't think it would work, but she won!

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Personal Thoughts: While the writing felt a big like she was talking down to us, it did make the book accessible to a lot of kids. And it should be accessible -- the illustrations are beautiful and Sharice is inspiring.

Genre: picture book autobiography

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An inspiring story of an Native American woman's road to Congress, winding through her childhood as the military brat of a single mother and careers as an MMA fighter, lawyer, and White House Fellow. It's not real deep and skims past some big issues too quickly, since it is written for children, but I liked the personality that shines through the chatty tone.

I found the art lacking though, with a dependence on profile shots and a distracting absence of fingers that gives everyone weird spatula hands. ( )