Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies by Margi Preus Developmental & Intellectual Disabilities Jane Addams hoped to help

Jane Addams hoped to help people in need

Pastor's story is excellent and extensive

author of How the Irish Saved Civilization

Through research and science

this new edition of a picture book classic will delight and inspire a whole new generation of readers

Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies by Margi Preus Developmental & Intellectual Disabilities Jane Addams hoped to helpNewbery Honor winner Margi Preus and illustrator Jaime Zollars shed light on a trailblazing doctor known as the "Angel on Snowshoes" in this picture book biography Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb (or "Dr. Kate," as she was known to her patients) was a doctor in rural northern Wisconsin during the early 1900s, a time when very few women practiced medicine. Because the nearest hospital was over two hours away and the snowy roads were often impassable, Dr. Kate