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Thomas Jefferson: A Picture Book Biography
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by James Cross Giblin
Sales Rank: 292032
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List Price: $5.99
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Features
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Cover Type: Paperback with 48 pages
Published by: Scholastic Paperback Nonfiction; Updated edition January 1, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0439810671
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0439810678
Book Dimensions:
10.8 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
Weighs: 6.4 ounces
From School Library Journal
Grade 3-5-The author and illustrator team that produced George Washington (Scholastic, 1992) score again with this readable, gorgeously 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.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
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
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Reader Reviews
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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