Teddy Roosevelt: Young Rough Rider (Childhood of Famous Americans) [Paperback]

Edd Winfield Parks (Author)

Book Description

Series: Childhood of Famous Americans

Focuses on the childhood of the dynamic president, describing how Teddy worked hard to improve his poor health and developed a lifelong interest in nature and the conservation of natural resources.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Aladdin (October 30, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689713495
• ISBN-13: 978-0689713491
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #250,521 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #33 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Series > Historical > Childhood of Famous Americans Series
  • #47 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( R ) > Roosevelt, Theodore
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars In A Kid's Words, July 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Teddy Roosevelt: Young Rough Rider (Childhood of Famous Americans) (Paperback)

Teddy Roosevelt, Rough Rider is interesting because it is a biography and history of Teddy Roosevelt as a child. He liked natural history and even stuffed the animals he caught himself - yuck! When he grew up and was president, he was involved in saving park and forest land and wildlife. Yellowstone Park was one of the parks he helped with. He had asthma but he wanted to build up his body to be strong, so he did a lot of sports like boxing and horseback riding. He liked to read and write books. A funny part of the story involved frogs, but you'll have to read it yourself to find out!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good until last chapter, September 19, 2011

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thepolarbearclan "dad of boys" (Boulder, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teddy Roosevelt: Young Rough Rider (Childhood of Famous Americans) (Paperback)

We used this book last summer for my 8 and 10 year olds. The first 13 chapters were very good, interesting and show that Teddy Roosevelt was an upstanding, fair, motivated and hardworking young man. The book tells of Teddy was interested in natural history from a young age, his determination to ride a bucking pony, his resolve to not let bigger boys push him around, and his supportive family, especially his father. Each chapter covers a certain event and time of his youth, therefore, can be read independently.

Interesting but somewhat disturbing that young Teddy would use the word "bully" when he was excited and happy. Looked up in the internet, supposedly means, informal speech, "fine, excellent, very good" and Teddy Roosevelt did like to use that word when he was pleased. Keep in mind that slangs and informal speech are confusing to kids when adults are not around to do some explaining.

It is the last chapter that we didn't enjoy. While the first 13 chapters tells Teddy's life as stories, the last chapter was written as the story of a boy scout group putting on a skit of Teddy's life. My boys were frustrated with this chapter because the bantering of the boy scouts were mixed with the skit lines. It would have been better if the last chapter was made into a summary of what Teddy Roosevelt had done after his bull moose hunt - that he went to Harvard, was Governor of New York, established national parks, building Panama Canal, was vice president, took over as president, etc - and what his motto was.

I would recommend the first 13 chapters of this book and let your young people do their own research after that. Hence 3 stars.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars In A Kid's Words, July 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Teddy Roosevelt: Young Rough Rider (Childhood of Famous Americans) (Paperback)

Teddy Roosevelt, Rough Rider is interesting because it is a biography and history of Teddy Roosevelt as a child. He liked natural history and even stuffed the animals he caught himself - yuck! When he grew up and was president, he was involved in saving park and forest land and wildlife. Yellowstone Park was one of the parks he helped with. He had asthma but he wanted to build up his body to be strong, so he did a lot of sports like boxing and horseback riding. He liked to read and write books. A funny part of the story involved frogs, but you'll have to read it yourself to find out!