The American Story: 100 True Tales from American Historical past
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American historical past comes alive in these 100 true tales that outline our nation.
This magnificent treasury tells the story of America via 100 true tales. Some are tales of triumph—the midnight journey of Paul Revere, the Wright brothers taking to the air, Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon. Some are tales of tragedy—the destiny of the Donner Celebration, the good hearth in Chicago, the eruption of Mount Saint Helens.
There are tales of inventors and athletes and abolitionists and artists. Tales about struggling for freedom—repeatedly, in so some ways.
With full-color illustrations on almost each web page and brief, thrilling tales, this ebook is ideal for looking by your entire household. Notes on the finish of every story direct readers to associated tales. And a information to thematic story arcs presents readers (and academics) a simple solution to observe their specific pursuits all through the ebook. A treasure trove of a ebook that belongs in each residence!
“This vigorous and fascinating assortment of tales recounting American historical past is an excellent reward not solely to the youngsters of this nation but additionally their dad and mom. I can’t wait to share it with my grandchildren.” —Tom Brokaw
From the Writer
Writer : Alfed A. Knopf; First Version (August 22, 2006)
Language : English
Hardcover : 368 pages
ISBN-10 : 0375812563
ISBN-13 : 978-0375812569
Studying age : 7 – 12 years, from clients
Lexile measure : 1050L
Grade stage : 3 – 7
Merchandise Weight : 3.7 kilos
Dimensions : 9.38 x 0.96 x 11.19 inches
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Todd Carlsen –
Engaging. This is the Best Book for this Type of Book
Both of my daughters (ages 9 and 12) very much like this book and read it frequently. It is medium-large in size (368 pages) and contains many engaging stories from American history. It is well written and the story selection is good. They love to read it in the car, at bed time, and other times of the day for a quick read. Since the book is broken into many short stories, the book is easy to browse when one’s curiosity necessitates.
We own both Jennifer Armstrong’s “The American Stories: 100 True Tales from American History” – this book – and William Bennett’s “Children’s Book of America” and we easily prefer Armstrong’s “The American Story.” “The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History” is over three times larger than Bennett’s book, and I did not like some of the content in Bennett’s book. I asked my bright nine-year-old child why she likes “The American Story” more and she said, “It has more stories. It doesn’t explain too many details. It just tells you.”
To adults the stories can seem too basic and the writing too simple. However, the excellent writing is what makes the stories so readable for children. Give it to a child and watch that child become engaged. Set it by a bedside and it will be read. Along the way, your child will learn some of the most interesting stories in American history.
So I would recommend “The American Story” to readers age 7 to 13, depending on the child’s reading level. A bright 13 might find the writing style too basic. For learning historical facts, my older daughter, who reads at a tenth-grade level, told me that she also likes “Don’t Know Much About American History” by Kenneth Davis and “The Making of America” by Robert Johnson (with a foreward by First Lady Laura Bush).
Every child should have a great collection of books, and this book belongs in that collection.
shoppingcart –
Great book
This was purchased for a 4th grader who only reads Wimpy Kid, Underpants, Dog Man, etc. It is a nice change for him and has some great stories, several of which I had never heard. I give it a thumbs-up.
Highlandbird –
Excellent Stories Based on Historical Events
Highly recommend. I’ve been reading this to my 10 year old every night, and we are always delighted by the stories. She begs for more. The short stories are engrossing and range from funny to sad. So pleased that she is learning some history in this fun way, and I am too! We have not been reading in chronological order, but skipping around. I do think it would have been better to read in chrono order but I let my daughter take the lead. Hopefully she’ll read sections again as she grows, and it will all fall into place later. Right now I am just pleased that she is enjoying history so much. This should be an excellent supplement to her classwork this coming year as she studies US history. Wonderful gift for a curious young person.
Maureen –
Story of America a Great Family Read Aloud
This is another one of those books that, after checking it out from the library, I knew I *had* to have my own copy. My whole family loves it! We read it together, and then map out where each of the events takes place (US Geography!). The stories are short, interesting, well written, entertaining, and informative.
Occasionally I think the author left out an important event in American history, but not too often. For the most part I am surprised at how many things I am learning about our country and its idiosyncrasies, while the children keeping begging for more; “One more chapter Mom, please?!”!
Keiry Pichardo –
Love it!!!
excellent service, fast shipping, quality higher than expected, better than the description, excellent detail. very satisfied customer.
SNMom –
Not your typical dry history book
I bought this and “A Child’s First Book of American History” to read aloud to my son during summer break this year. This is his favorite, hands down. The stories are short and interesting, but factual. He greatly preferred this one, to the extent we dropped the other book from our reading rotation.
Bellemama –
Good historical facts and beautiful illustrations
Beautiful watercolor illustrations paired with mid-level elementary school text that tells interesting stories about American history. I wanted something not political and more factual. For the most part, this book sticks to that criteria, though there are some perspectives that I would have preferred from a different angle. But overall a great introduction to American history.
Amazon Customer –
This is a great tool to help history come alive more than the …
This is a great tool to help history come alive more than the traditional textbook. We read it with our daughters (6&9) as they learn about different parts of Am. History in school and when we travel to different historical/relevant places. It gives enough information for our youngest to get the gist of and enough for our older to get a solid base on the topic to ask more insightful questions. Great find!
Gerry –
I bought this book for my Grandchildren who are ages 6 and 8 and are moving to the US.
The short stories give a broad overview to the timeline of American history. Lovely illustrations.
A previous review remarked on graphic detail of cannibalism on the story of the Donner Party. It is in fact a two line foot note at the end, and is on no way graphic.