Who is Barack Obama? by Roberta Edwards is a chapter book that explores the background of the 44th President of the United Sates, Barack Obama. The book states where Barack Obama grew up and how he came to become one of our presidents. Within the book are short inserts of information vaguely menti...
"I cannot live without books." Thomas Jefferson Every book lover has heard this quote and probably has used it once or twice. But how many of us know much about the man behind the quote besides he's the author of the Declaration of Independence and the 3rd President of the USA? This is a wonderful ...
Perfect for the adult, or child, I suppose, who cannot live without books Bonus points for addressing the difficult issue of slavery in a sensitive way. Library copy, natch.
This is an excellent elementary level nonfiction series. "Who Was Elvis Presley?" is the second book I've read from this series (the first was Dr Suess) and I can't wait to share it with my students. The text is simple and straightforward and it doesn't gloss over the uglier facts of Elvis's life, s...
How can a passionate bibliophile like me not love a book about another passionate bibliophile like Thomas Jefferson?
My library had this in the new kids' books. The cover, which is cool, did not suggest a collection of New Yorker-esque cartoons. I loved them, mind you, and there's nothing that makes it inappropriate for kids, but I'll be sure and point out to the librarians that there isn't anything particularly k...
A New World: Chaos by John O’Brien is the book that started off my fascination with Post Apocalyptic and survivalist fiction. I read it in one sitting, logged on to Amazon and bought the rest of the series. I read them all – one after the other, far too quickly, as I then had the long, long wait f...
short comics using visual puns that often work with word puns, which makes one's brain fizz delightfully. there are themed chapters: cows, doormen, woodsman, knights. Really an all ages book.
Fun collection of clever visual puns.
New Yorker cartoonist John O'Brien brings a subversive sense of humor to this collection of cartoon stories. Most are wordless, told in four panels on two pages (some more, some less), and visually tweak our expectations.It's not really an early reader, since there are very few words. It's grouped b...
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