Picture Yourself in History [Paperback]

Phyllis Amerikaner (Author), Rae Fribley (Illustrator)

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Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up

Picture Yourself in History [Paperback] Phyllis Amerikaner (Author), Rae Fribley (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Learning Works (November 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881603198
• ISBN-13: 978-0881603194
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,782,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars The Millennium Paper Doll Book, July 28, 2000

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This review is from: Picture Yourself in History (Paperback)

I was very disappointed by this book. Because there was no description of the book when I bought it, all I could go on was the title and the cover. This is a paper doll coloring book. The dolls themselves (boy & girl) are printed on heavy glossy card stock and are 10 inches high. They have blank faces so you can paste a photograph on them. There are also a few frames to paste other photos in. The costumes come in pairs for each time period. They are simply drawn. There are brief fashion notes for each set but no real information. Children will have to refer to books on the history of fashion if they wish to make the outfits authentic. This makes the book great for school projects. (In fact, the book gives permission for an individual teacher to reproduce its contents for use in his or her classroom.) I don't want a craft book. I want paper dolls and their outfits already colored. The biggest disappointment, however, is the selection of costumes. There are eleven pages of American costumes for the 1900's and one page to design costumes for the next millennium. There are seven pages of American costumes from 1620 to 1900 and one page of Eastern Woodlands Indians from the 1600's. For the period from 1000 to 1599, there is one page for a knight and his lady from the middle ages and one page of nobles from the Renaissance. There are two pages for Chinese Dragon robes and Japanese Kimonos. After looking at what's included, I think the unifying theme for the selections is the ancestors of modern American children. However, they left too many cultures out. Where are the Plains Indians, the Pueblos, the Aztecs and the Mayas? Where are the Polynesians and the Eskimos? Where are the Hindus and the Thai? Where are the Arabs? Where are the Vikings? Where are the common people before 1620? After all, all the outfits for the 19th and 20th Centuries are those worn by ordinary people not just the rich. And most of us are descended from common people not the nobility. This book doesn't cover 1,000 years of fashion.