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Eager to check out these book when they're released:
Noah Webster and His Words
and the peek inside this book looks very lovely:
From the Good Mountain: How Gutenberg Changed the World
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I already have the Noah Webster book on reserve. Will have to check the Gutenberg one as well - always curious how that is portrayed ("bad Church" chained the Bibles).
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Double thumbs up on the Gutenberg title; it's the best biography I've read in months! I wrote about it more on this blog post if anyone's curious.
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Thursday Bump Up!
Great list of biographies!
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Adding a new one on Albert Einstein - On a Beam of Light 
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Came across this a few weeks ago. What a delight! Manfish: The Story of Jacques Cousteau
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A Home for Mr. Emerson: a superb book! My favorite biography of 2014 so far! I liked it so much I'm now building Ralph Waldo Emerson into our lesson plans. I blogged a bit about why it's so good here. There are three other picture books by this author/illustrator duo that I don't think have been mentioned yet also:
What to do about Alice? How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World and Drove her Father Teddy Crazy!
Those Rebels John and Tom (John Adams and Thomas Jefferson)
The Extraordinary Mark Twain (according to Susy)
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Finally, there's a new Thomas Jefferson biography (I love that all old things can be made new AGAIN in picture books... ) that is a mixed bag: Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Everything
I started out loving it. Fresh text aimed at the young 2nd grader studying the Revolution perhaps (some other Jefferson biographies are too word-heavy for simple enjoyment), and fun pictures. I learned a couple new things reading it. I liked how it didn't gloss over or hide that Jefferson had slaves, but I didn't really love the value-judgement commentary on this (the facts spoke for themselves without the author needing to state: "This monumental man had monumental problems.") She also offers her opinions on Jefferson's mixed race children in a very righteous way too: "It is wrong to hide your background..."
I'm not defending the indefensible. But I do think we don't need to do the thinking FOR our kids all the time and many a good stories have been ruined by doing just that—forcing a moral lesson where the nuances of that could've been deduced by most children anyway.
Still, if you are looking for an easy biography on Jefferson for younger children that is fun and quirky, this might appeal to you.
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A Home for Mr. Emerson: a superb book! My favorite biography of 2014 so far! I liked it so much I'm now building Ralph Waldo Emerson into our lesson plans. I blogged a bit about why it's so good here.
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Lovely! Thank you for recommending this.
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knowloveserve wrote:
Finally, there's a new Thomas Jefferson biography (I love that all old things can be made new AGAIN in picture books... ) that is a mixed bag: Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Everything
I started out loving it. Fresh text aimed at the young 2nd grader studying the Revolution perhaps (some other Jefferson biographies are too word-heavy for simple enjoyment), and fun pictures. I learned a couple new things reading it. I liked how it didn't gloss over or hide that Jefferson had slaves, but I didn't really love the value-judgement commentary on this (the facts spoke for themselves without the author needing to state: "This monumental man had monumental problems.") She also offers her opinions on Jefferson's mixed race children in a very righteous way too: "It is wrong to hide your background..."
I'm not defending the indefensible. But I do think we don't need to do the thinking FOR our kids all the time and many a good stories have been ruined by doing just that—forcing a moral lesson where the nuances of that could've been deduced by most children anyway.
Still, if you are looking for an easy biography on Jefferson for younger children that is fun and quirky, this might appeal to you. |
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I had the exact same reaction as you to this book. My girls read it frequently, and enjoy it - and yet, I started out loving it, but hit the same spot in the book as you and it left me with a sour taste. I certainly wouldn't *not* recommend it, but I think the author could have maintained a more neutral approach. ... it's clear that she offers more of herself than she should have (.. well, at least that's what I think  )
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Just read Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Telsa Lit Up the World, absolutely brilliant!!
Telsa invented AC current, Edison discovered DC current. Sadly Thomas Edison who was Telsa's hero became his rival. Telsa also harnessed the power of Niagara Falls to supply power to New York city!!
Can't believe I had never even heard of Telsa.
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Bumping this thread up today because it is just so awesome. We enjoyed For the Birds: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson today.
Great text and pictures!
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