Reviews
A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002
This entry in the well-written’ Our Presidents’ series details Richard Nixon’s early years in California, the rise to political life, the accomplishments of his presidency and his resignation. A variety of photographs show his family, his emerging political activity and View →
A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002
This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of Harry S. Truman’s life, including his early years in Missouri, his rise to political life and important aspects of his presidency, including his beginnings when Franklin D. Roosevelt died in… View →
A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002
This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of Theodore Roosevelt’s life, his early years in New York and his rise to political life, and important aspects of his presidency, including his role in securing national parks and his… View →
A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002
This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of Andrew Jackson, his early years in South Carolina and his involvement in the Revolutionary War as a young boy, life on Tennessee on the frontier, and his role in the Battle of New Orleans. All… View →
A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002
This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of Herbert Hoover’s life, including his early years in Iowa and Oregon, his rise to political life and important aspects of his presidency. A variety of photographs show his family, his work in… View →
A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002
This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of Andrew Johnson’s life, early years in the Carolinas and Tennessee, a list of his some dozen elected offices, his longtime work on behalf of the poor, and his tough stand in the Civil War as… View →
A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002
This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series details Ronald Reagan’s early years in Illinois and California, rise to political life and the accomplishments of his presidency, including an abiding interest in anti-Communism and economics. A variety of… View →
A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002
This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of Calvin Coolidge’s life, including his early years in Vermont and later Massachusetts, his rise to political life and important aspects of his presidency, including his reaction to the Teapot… View →
A noteworthy review of Nonfiction Readers: Level 2 from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002
Wonder Books, published by The Child’s World, Inc., has a much-needed low level nonfiction series. The series in Level 2 includes such titles as Helen Keller, Charles Schulz, and Jackie Robinson. Rosa Parks is also in this series. She was born on February 4, 1913 in Pine Level,… View →
A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002
This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of James A. Garfield, early years in Ohio’s Western Reserve, his Civil War activities, his beliefs that Reconstruction should make Confederates sorry for their actions, his rise to the… View →
A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002
This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of Warren G. Harding’s life, including his early years in Ohio, his rise to political life and important aspects of his presidency, including his ill health and early death, and his unfortunate… View →
A noteworthy review of Our Presidents from Children's Literature on January 1, 2002
This entry in the well-written ‘Our Presidents’ series provides an overview of Thomas Jefferson, his early years in Virginia, his role in drafting the Declaration of Independence, the complicated voting that made him President, the Louisiana Purchase and other accomplishments View →