From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4-These books are disappointing. The texts are overly simplistic and dry. Full-color drawings, photographs of people re-creating events, and reproductions of paintings (the artists are not always identified) appear on almost every page. Information in Leaders is superficial and redundant, e.g., "Benjamin Franklin lived a long life. He was a true American-." In Life after the American Revolution, Wade inserts information on Shay's Rebellion without explaining why it was important. Life in Colonial America is equally uninformative: "Southern plantation homes were larger. They were beautiful, and staffed by servants called slaves." Bland and boring.
Susan Lissim, Dwight School, New York City
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Susan Lissim, Dwight School, New York City
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
