An informational children's book that compares and contrasts the founding fathers, John Adams and Tomas Jefferson. These two had very different lives, personalities, and childhoods but did have the same love for the american colonies. This could be used as an integrated history and reading lesson. S...
The stylized characterization based on historical sources was interesting. In a simplistic way, the writing complicated Jefferson's slave ownership. A caricature of King George reminded me of the short Schoolhouse Rock "No More Kings" video, and when I looked it up on youtube it looks like a lot of ...
This picture book tells the story of how John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were instrumental to United States History. Beginning with their early years, Barbara Kerley highlights some major events that led each man to Philadelphia that fateful day in 1775 when the Declaration of Independence was final...
This picture book tells the story of how John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were instrumental to United States History. Beginning with their early years, Barbara Kerley highlights some major events that led each man to Philadelphia that fateful day in 1775 when the Declaration of Independence was final...
A lively, appealing introduction to the two founding fathers and feuding friends.
One World, One Day features a 'day in the life' of children in our world. I am such a total sucker for books like this! The cover, however, didn't instantly attract me and it wasn't until my friends here starting raving about this that I decided to give it a try. It's just a simple (but brilliant...
I was stunned when I came across this– Twain’s work for children has been (and will continue to be) banned and challenged from here to eternity, so a slick new picture book biography about him (published by Scholastic no less) was about the last thing I expected. Always the skeptic I picked it up t...
perfect to go along with Larklight for the overlapping Victoriana, totally cool nonfiction
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