It always amazes me when a subject that seems to have been done to death like Benjamin Franklin can be made fresh and exciting as it is in this quite stunning introduction to America's most interesting founding father. Byrd packs what seems like a lot of textual information into this picture biograp...
Pleasantly surprised! I expected far less based on the cover alone. I expected something much more childish with far less detail - both textually and aesthetically. Byrd does an interesting thing here in combining two separate (but related) tales into one narrative thread - Daedalus & Icarus and ...
An almost overwhelming amount of information poured onto each page; this is certainly a thorough look at DaVinci. Alongside the main text the sidebars add additional facts and quotes. Color everywhere - the illustrations are fantastic. Additional reference aids: Timeline begins with Leonardo's birt...
Series of dramatic poems from the point of view of young adults in a medieval village. I enjoyed them quite a bit, although I felt in several poems that Schlitz was projecting a very modern point of view onto her characters. (Feb. 2008)
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