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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2010
Gr 1-2 Is it possible to condense the life of any person into approximately 40 sentences? That is what Wade attempts to do in these early-reader biographies. The language is simple, both in sentence structure and vocabulary. With this kind of brevity, oversimplification is inescapable. For example, in "Rachel Carson", Wade states that Carson wrote about the environment and that, "No one had ever written about this before." Of course,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
With minimal, easy-to-read texts, these biographies touch on a few key points in each notable American's career. <i>Roosevelt</i> focuses on his early life, so it's not obvious what made him an "amazing" p...Log In or Sign Up to Read More