Customer Reviews

Meet Thomas Jefferson (Step-Up-Paperback Books)

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This book, and the others in the series, jumpstarted my love of reading back in the 70's. I now have children of my own and have had difficulty getting my youngest son to complete his reading assignments. He literally hated to read until he found this book - a long lost relic - at his grandmother's. He loved it! I have since purchased several others of the 'Meet x' series and each one is greeted with an eager smile. A well written, easily read book that captures the imagination. You won't be disappointed.

This is a great book for older remedial students as well as grades 1-4. The primary facts are here with some illustrations. The text is simple and easily understood.

Being a foreigner, I am still learning American history and a good friend of mine advised me to get children's books as they are easier to read and get the basics from.

I picked up this little nugget today at a used bookstore, and had my nine-year old start reading it to me on the way home. As much as she protested at the start, she is now enjoying the book, and when I read a couple of chapters to her before bed, she said "That's all?" I think she likes it now. :-)

This book tells the basic story of the various periods of Thomas Jefferson's life and times and is a wonderful introduction to him.

This is a good, basic book about Thomas Jefferson that goes a little bit deeper than an early reader. It's more of a beginning chapter type of book. It covers the basics of his life and is done in an easy-to-read way... but I just found it somewhat dry to read. Still, it's a good book for those being introduced to history. Nothing controversial in it, I felt like the author was fair.

This book was recommended to me for my child's third grade history, so I decided to read it first before I handed it off to her. So comparing to many of the other history books I've been reading (a good 30 or 40 of them!), I definitely found this one a bit boring and dry. Which is why I gave it four stars instead of 5. But still, all around a good book that I could recommend.

I bought three of these historical books for my 10-year old (5th grader). Since he has book reports every month, I wanted something that would be an easy read. However, this series is not for his age. The books are terrific, but my 7-year old got the most benefit from them. She is not an avid reader, however she didn't want put them down until she finished. Bottom line - great book for a 2nd grader.

This book was not what I was looking for. My teacher assigned us a Biography/Autobiography book report (like every month), and I checked this book out in the library. Yeah, maybe its ok for 4-8 year olds, this book is really boring for children like me. This book had stuff I already knew about, and I didn't learn anything. It was really boring and had no interesting facts. So, if you are looking for a book with a detailed scope about Thomas Jefferson, read another book.