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Red, White, and Blue (Penguin Young Readers, L3)

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Easy, punchy, informative reading about our nations #1 symbol! Beginning readers will love it!

The story, Red, White and Blue: The Story of the American Flag, is a well written and interesting book. It reveiles facts one would never find out. A smart buy for anyone wishing to learn more about our counries past.

I thought this was an informative book for my 8-year-old. It touched on many things briefly so he wouldn't be bored but still could learn the basics of how the U.S. flag came to be.

"Our flag has lots of nicknames--like Old Glory and the Red, White, and Blue. Sometimes it's called the Stars and Stripes. But where did our flag come from? Who decided what it would look like? The truth is that no one knows for sure."

Some of the things that were mentioned:
America before it was a country, why the people decided to fight for their freedom, and how a flag was needed after the American Revolution.

Betsy Ross and why people think she made the first flag.

Different flags the colonists used until 06/14/1777 when a decision was made to use only one flag with 13 red and white stripes plus 13 white stars. But Congress didn't say where everything had to go on the flag so some people made the stripes vertical, some horizontal. Some had a small area for the stripes and a large area for the stars.

The War of 1812 and Francis Scott Key.

In 1818, Congress declared how the flag would officially look.

The Civil War and the Confederate flag.

Different places the flag is flown.

My third grade class has been adopted by the local Veterans Home. The students presented the history of Flag Day in readings and Patriotic songs to the Veterans on that day. This book inspired the children to write their own history to present. Great piece of literature for little ones. Also,it brought an important piece of history to life.

My 8 yr old granddaughter asked for this book, having seen it at school. She's thrilled with it