Customer Reviews

Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans

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While the publisher says this book is for 9-12 year olds, my 5- and 6-year olds love it! The stories are short - most can be read in a few minutes. They are written in a very exciting, but simple style that grips the attention. It's a hard book to put down. Stories discuss such great Americans as Washington, Franklin, Fulton, Kit Carson, Audubon, Goodyear, and more. I can't recommend this book enough for young readers. It's also suitable for those who are learning to read and want to read something interesting.

My 5-year-old son received this book as a Christmas present. He started it two days ago, and he has been not been able to put the book down. He even wants to read during mealtimes. He also insisted on bringing it to Show N'Tell today. This is a wonderful book for early readers, not only because the stories are educational and interesting, but they are written in a short and simple manner.

The paperback (yellow) edition does not have pictures, rather it has placeholders for the images (as if there were an error in typesetting.)

The text content, however, is fantastic for children.

GET THE HARDCOVER, (RED) EDITION - IT HAS THE CORRECT ILLUSTRATIONS.

This book is more than I expected. What a wonderful collection of stories, nice illustrations. Stories of Great Americans is a great introduction to American History for PK and K children.

This review is for the book published by "Lost Classics Book Co.", 1st edition (September 1, 2001), ISBN-10: 0965273520.

My new third grader is using this book for history. The sections are nice and short making them perfect for oral narration. I have found this to be one of the best books my son has narrated from. He has learned a lot of history in a fun and painless way. We also used this book for dictation lessons and copywork.

What a fabulous little book! I bought this as a summer reading book for my son who is at a 2nd-3rd grade reading level. It can be difficult to engage him in reading or other academic lessons during the summer, but that is not the case with this book. He enjoys the anecdotes of famous people we have been learning about this year American history and laughs at the funny stories. It is insightfully written to capture the interest of kids, and particularly of boys who love adventure. It includes chronicles of explorers encountering Indian tribes, generals fighting the redcoats, and childhood exploits of some of our country's founders. When my husband does the reading time with my son, I find that I go back and reread the chapters that I missed. The amusing and delightful tales of this little book from 1895 are still pleasurable reading in the 21st century, not only for kids but for adults as well.

This is the Lost Classics edition. Amazon charges *three times* the cost of the very same hardcover edition sold at the publisher's website. That's right, fifteen bucks at Lost Classics. I know that shilling for another seller is in bad form, but this sort of ripoff is unworthy (and untypical) of Amazon.

I'm very disappointed that this book does not have the illustrations. It says "illustration" where the illustrations should be. The description I read about the book did not say that there weren't going to be illustrations and you have to actually click "look inside the book" and go to the first story to see that the illustrations are missing. I think that even the authro would be highly disappointed with the lack of illustrations as he considered them to be very important when teaching history to young children.

We have a son who is severely dyslexic. One tool that has helped him is the style of book deliberately written in mostly one syllable words. If longer words are needed (for example, if there are no substitutes -- "George Wash-ing-ton") they are divided into syllables. These are a rare find and a real treasure to us when we come across them. Of course, they are great for young readers, and the content itself is sound. In the instance of our son, the books give him confidence and the chance to experience success in reading.

We are using this book as part of my son's homeschool and enjoy the little stories! Great for K-2!