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Title: John, Paul, George & Ben (Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards (Awards))
ISBN: 0786848936
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Publicate Date: 2006-04-01
Publish: 2006-04-01
List Price: $16.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Hardcover
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1: Very creative. We LOVE this book!
My husband (a history buff) ordered this book for our son. It is adorable and is really a great way to get your kids interested in and acquainted with these American heroes. True, there are exaggerations as some of the more negative reviews mentioned - but anyone who takes a page or two about Paul Revere seliing underwear seriously may not be the most credible source anyway. It is clearly not serious, and the author did include a page clarifying (for those who need it, I guess).
Very creative. We LOVE this book!
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2: We read it over and over...
My neices love this book. The 5 year old insisted we read it over and over until she was able to do it herself. We laughed so much we nearly fell out of bed. Then the girls asked me to get on the web and show them more information about the founding fathers. A great book that sparked their curiosity and gave us a boatload of fun!!
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3: wonderful!
I've used this book in school and family programs at my museum. It's always a huge hit. Great use of humor!
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4: Laugh out loud funny!
I just happened to come across this book at a bookstore while browsing for something new for my 3 year old son. I am a huge history nut and have read and researched extensively on many areas of our nation's great history. When I picked up this book and flipped through it---I laughed out loud. People were turning to look at me! I had to show this book to a bunch of my friends and they were rolling on the floor. The author's and illustrator's attention to detail is what sets this book apart from many other childrens books. It is too young for my 3 year old to understand, but he laughs out loud when I read it in different voices and even repeats some of the text. When he started to get cranky at a restaurant one night I started reciting the story about John, Paul, George, and Ben and he immediately became engrossed in the story---without the book in front of him----and recited his favorite part---"extra large underwear? sure we have some, lets see....large, large, extra large!" And by the way, my son is autistic and this story reaches him somewhere on some level. This story is a great segway into history for kids because they can relate to the precocious behavior which is what I think the author was trying to do. By putting these historical figures on the same plane as kids, allows children of today to rlate to those children of yesteryears that had a fundamental impact on our history and the way we live today.
I have to say---my favorite part is about Tom building his birdhouse from "traditional building materials in a neoclassical design" said in such matter--of--fact way. This book is a cut above the rest and for those people that have an issue with the "myths" perpetuated by this book, pull the stick out of your butt and laugh a little, laughter is one of the best parts of life. By talking to your kids and learning about history with them they will understand that this is a STORY not a work of historical fact.
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5: A Fabulous Book about the Fab Four (Founding Fathers that is)
First of all, this book is not intended for grades K-3 as Booklist suggests. To appreciate its full humor, you must know some of your U.S. history, otherwise you will be confused. Kids & adults (ages 9-99) will all find something appealing within these hallowed pages, as Smith combines real and fictional facts about Hancock, Revere, Washington and Franklin (oh yes, and how could we forget about Jefferson, the independent lad?) Most importantly, it will show kids that our Founding Fathers were REAL people, and were once kids themselves. I'm not sure what is funnier - the witty text or the hilarious illustrations. For example, there's poor Paul (Revere) who suffers a hearing loss from all that bell-ringing. This causes him to shout all the time at people, even at the most inappropriate times (such as loudly proclaiming at work that they do have EXTRA-LARGE UNDERWEAR for one very embarrassed female customer). Then there was Ben (Franklin), a clever lad, who "considered it his duty to provide frequent, free advice", much to the chagrin of the townsfolk. At the end of the book, the Fab Five are shown as we see them hanging on our school walls and there are some actual facts about them. Also I loved the True & False Quiz at the end. Thankfully, Smith provides the answers. All in all, a delightful book to shed some humor on a usually dry subject.
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