House That Jane Built Now & Then Exhibit A CHARTER OAK CHILDREN'S BOOK

A CHARTER OAK CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD NONFICTION NOMINEE

From their heads down to their toes

but the way the world around her was built made it hard to do even simple things

will Greg and Rowley emerge as heroes

The Arm of the Starfish

House That Jane Built Now & Then Exhibit A CHARTER OAK CHILDREN'S BOOKThis is the story of Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, who transformed a poor neighborhood in Chicago by opening up her house as a community center. Ever since she was a little girl, Jane Addams hoped to help people in need. She wanted to live right in the middle of the roughest, poorest communities and create a place where people could go to find food, work, and help. In 1889, she bought a house in a run down