If you would like to buy this book on Amazon, click here. The gouache illustrations are charming and bring the time period to life.Ĭons: Most kids won’t have any idea who Jane Austen is or be familiar with her work. Pros: Quite a thorough look at Jane and her times, placing her and her work in the context of her era. Includes biographical information, Jane Austen quotes, others’ quotes about her work, and sources of additional information. Being a Reader: A Child Of Books by Oliver Jeffers How to Read A Story by Kate Messner & Mark Siegel.

She died at age 41 in 1817, the same year two more of her books, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey, were published. Being a Writer: Brave Jane Austen by Lisa Pliscou & Jen Corace The Word Collector by Peter H. Finally, she published Sense and Sensibility, soon followed by First Impressions which was renamed Pride and Prejudice. Her first book, First Impressions, was rejected by a London publisher, but she continued writing, even turning down a marriage proposal to live life on her own terms. Young Jane Austen: Becoming a Writer, an award-winning biography for adults which focuses on Austens.

As she grew older, she began to write about the people she saw around her, poking fun at them and the conventions of the day. Lisa Pliscou writes for both children and adults. But Jane was observant and she loved to read. The challenges of poverty and sexism in Jane Austen’s childhood and young adulthood. Her family was poor, and when they did manage to send her to school, she learned only what she would need to know to become a good wife. Brave Jane Austen: Reader, Writer, Author, Rebel by Lisa Pliscou and Jen Corace. Summary: Jane Austen grew up in England at a time when women received little education, and marriage seemed like the only way to get ahead.