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Making Thirteen Colonies: 1600-1740 A History of US Book 2

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We've read two of the A History of US books now and love them. They 'make sense' to my 10 year old who has problems retaining information. She loves how the books integrate photos and small pieces of knowledge into the story as it unfolds.

A good first read for my fourth grader. I wish I started him on this sooner. Beware thought that this book does not come with questions and answers. You have to buy a seperate book for quiz questions with answers.

This book is written in a very readable story format. Of course, the reason many history books are "boring" is because the author is trying hard to leave out bias and just report the facts. Joy Hakim makes no efforts toward neutrality. This book is coming from a strong relativistic Modern point of view. Christians are viewed as "self-righteous" and "dogmatic". In the last chapter she explains the science has solved many of societies ills because we no longer rely on a god to tell us right from wrong. In order to push her relativistic religion she changes historical facts that don't fit her paradigm. Here is a link that shows a few of her oversights: [...] I really wanted to like this book because it is laid out in a fun and interesting way. But I wouldn't hand it to my 10 year old without pre-reading it so we can talk about underlying biases and worldviews first.

We've used this series in home school and it is outstanding! It makes history interesting!

My son loved this book! I read it to him and we discussed the stories that he found interesting. I also learned a lot of new bits of information and appreciated that it was not as dry as a textbook! He wants to now jump to the Civil War in this series.

I really enjoyed this informative book. It was funny and detailed. The author can really paint a picture in your mind.
The chapters weren't too long and there's good pictures, so even young kids can read it without trouble. I liked how the author puts you in a time machine, or makes you someone in the story and tells you what it would be like.

Wokring through the book now. Kids seem to enjoy it.
Makes a nice addition to family library. Can be stand alone or with the series