An illustrated portrait of Thomas Jefferson introduces young readers to a writer, statesman, inventor, educator, architect, author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third president of the United States.
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Grade 3-5-The author and illustrator team that produced George Washington (Scholastic, 1992) score again with this readable, beautifully illustrated title. Through abundant, well-placed text, Giblin builds on incidents from his subject's life to uncover the shy, quiet nature of the man who would become the author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States. Dooling's oil paintings provide dazzling backgrounds. Each double-page spread is richly executed, making Jefferson, the boy and the man, come alive. Important dates in his life are appended as are quotes from his letters. There is a full description of Monticello, followed by a detailed index for both text and artwork. A high-quality biography.
Dot Minzer, North Barrington School, Barrington, IL
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Dot Minzer, North Barrington School, Barrington, IL
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Gr. 4-6, younger for reading aloud. In the same picture-book format as the author and illustrator's George Washington (1992), this volume presents the life of Thomas Jefferson. Giblin records the significant events in Jefferson's long and varied career with enough personal incidents and sidelights to give readers some sense of the man himself, as well as his place in history. Despite the limits of a 48-page picture book, Giblin portrays Jefferson as a complicated, many-sided man and is candid about such issues as his involvement with slavery. Dooling's dramatic oil paintings stretch across each double-page spread. In this series of impressionistic illustrations of people and places, Jefferson appears first as a three-year-old, gradually maturing in the pictures as the story progresses, a series of transitions Dooling manages with finesse. The book ends with a helpful chronology, a series of intriguing quotations from Jefferson's letters, and a section describing Jefferson's beloved home, Monticello. Historically accurate and visually handsome, this is the best Jefferson biography available for young students. Carolyn Phelan
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An excellent book for elementary school children,
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This review is from: Thomas Jefferson: A Picture Book Biography (Hardcover)
My second-grader decided to research Thomas Jefferson for a school report. I ordered this book and was quite pleased. It has lots of good information without being wordy. In the back of the book is a two-page spread of quotes from Jefferson, as well as a timeline of his life. The illustrations are beautiful! Highly recommended.
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This review is from: Thomas Jefferson: A Picture Book Biography (Hardcover)
This a good book for intermediate children on up. The author knows how to write to inform without a lot of fluff. Thomas Jefferson was a very complicated man. He lost his wife after only 10 years of marriage, his grief over this lasted 6 months, and then into the political man that we all have learned and loved. Yet, his inner man struggled with equality of each person, especially with the black slaves that he owned. In many memoirs, he expresses this thought-provoking justice, yet he does not free those slaves. In examining Thomas Jefferson, it should allow us to examine ourselves, as the inner-person struggles on the deep pains of the heart.
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WHEN THOMAS JEFFERSON was an old man, he still remembered that day in 1746. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Thomas Jefferson, United States, Declaration of Independence, Great Britain New!
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WHEN THOMAS JEFFERSON was an old man, he still remembered that day in 1746. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Thomas Jefferson, United States, Declaration of Independence, Great Britain New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Native Americans (Nature Company Discoveries Libraries) by Judith Simpson on page 27
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- Literature for Lively Lessons by Sheila Edwards on page 66
- U.S. History Through Children's Literature: From the Colonial Period to World War II by Wanda Miller on page 65
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