49. Amazing Annie: The Spectacular and Mostly True Adventures of Annie Kopchovsky. Stephen Krensky. Illustrated by Adriana Predoi. 2025. 32 pages. [Source: Library] [4 stars, picture book biography, children's nonfiction]
First sentence: Annie Kopchovsky was ready for a change. More than ready. The year was 1894, and women weren't allowed to do very much besides get married and have children.
Premise/plot: This is a picture book biography of Annie Kopchovsky. Her big dream, her goal, was to be the first woman to ride a bicycle around the world....and all in fifteen months. It would be quite an adventure, the stuff of stories. And tell stories she would! Not all her stories were rooted in truth. But she found herself loving the adventurous stories people wanted to hear.
My thoughts: Did I love this one? Not really. I'm not sure why exactly. I don't think it's the fault of the subject matter--the topic. I don't think it's the fault of the author or illustrator. I do think plenty of readers would enjoy it. I love the idea of loving it at the very least--telling a story of a woman that the intended audience likely never would have heard of.
I do think that my overthinking probably didn't do me any favors with this one.
© 2025 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
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