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Summary: Wonderful educational book material
Review: I am a new middle school teaching asst. and have used this book in the classroom to help teach the American Revolution. If possible, anyone who can, I would appreciate as many copies as possible, to give to students who can not afford to buy them, themselves. I have very little money, but found this book would be great for future use and just can't find enough copies to seve a class of 25. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
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Summary: Wonderful educational book material
Review: I am a new middle school teaching asst. and have used this book in the classroom to help teach the American Revolution. If possible, anyone who can, I would appreciate as many copies as possible, to give to students who can not afford to buy them, themselves. I have very little money, but found this book would be great for future use and just can't find enough copies to seve a class of 25. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
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Summary: This fun picture book captures more information
Review: than my daughter's fifth grade history text. An excellent book, this interesting Landmark History uses vivid pictures and lively text to kindle a flame of interest in the American Revolution. As a homeschooling mother I have watched my sons grow in their fascination for American history. My daughters, however, have found it dull. While my sons enjoyed listening to the Landmark Book series as much as they enjoyed the Hardy Boys, my daughters found it all quite uninteresting. I stumbled across this new (1998) book, The Liberty Tree:..., (a Picture Landmark Book) and read it to my daughters and my four-year-old son. Finally! A twinkle. Written in short "chapters", this book is very easy to follow. With bursts of information containing cause and effect relationships, even the youngest could see how the French and Indian War led to events which led to events which led to the American Revolution. The bold-faced captions provide additional information which, when read alone at another sitting, enhance the usefulness of the book. The reading level is not appropriate for 4 - 8 year-olds. (Lucille Recht Penner has done nice works for that age group, but this is not one of those.) As a read aloud, however, it does appeal to that age. My four-year-old was interested and remained seated for most of the book. The girls insisted that I read parts to their older brothers -- especially the part about Paul Revere using a woman's petticoat to soften the sound of his oars during the first part of his famous ride. (They giggled when I read ..."it was still warm.")
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Summary: Wonderful introduction to the American Revolution
Review: This non-fiction picture book is wonderfully illustrated and provides a BRIEF introduction to the beginnings of the American Revolution. It covers the various taxes and Acts imposed on the colonies, the Boston Masssacre, the Tea Party, the forming of the militias, women in the war, spies, etc. and ends with the signing of the Declaration. Each section has a large illustration and about 8-10 short paragraphs supplemented with smaller pictures and captions to provide more detail and interesting anecdotes. I think the Amazon-recommended reading level is misleading. I don't know any four-year-olds who would enjoy this book and none who could read it. I think the actual reading level is about grade 2-3. I read it to my almost-six year old and she loved it. My nine-year old (who is an avid reader of history with a special interest in this time period) still enjoyed listening and managed to learn a (very) few new details. There are 18 2-page sections and the book is indexed (a nice touch for this format). I will definitely get the other books in this series.
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