"In 2004, Morning Edition contributor Cokie Roberts published a book about the ways in which the wives, mothers, daughters and sisters of America's Founding Fathers helped forge the nation. Now she's back with an illustrated version aimed at children. It's called Founding Mothers: Remembering The Ladies."

"She tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that she wrote the book because she believes history feels more relevant when you recognize its key players, "'and our little girls have a hard time recognizing people in the great story of America.'"