King George What Was His Problem? (turtleback School And Li, De Sheinkin, Steve. Editorial Turtleback Books, Tapa Dura En Inglés, 2015

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The story of the birth of our nation, complete with soldiers, spies, salmon sandwiches, and real facts is presented in a narrative tale filled with little-known details and lots of quotes. Review Kirkus Reviews For middle-graders who find Joy Hakims 11-volume A History of US just too daunting, historian Sheinkin offers a more digestible version of our countrys story--opening with an account of the American Revolution from the despised but not-unreasonable Stamp Act to the dramatic race to Yorktown. Beneath breezy chapter subheads like Revere and That Other Guy and Party at Fort Ti, the author expertly combines individual stories with sweeping looks at the larger picture--tucking in extracts from letters, memorable anecdotes, pithy characterizations (.,.John Adams, well known lawyer, Patriot, and grump) and famous lines with a liberal hand. Except for a few cramped maps, Robinsons illustrations are all line-drawn cartoon portraits that echo the narratives informality without adding much. Still, capped with a healthy Whatever Happened To... section, this animates the Revolutions times, events and people in a way that standard textbooks dont. A second volume on the Civil War, Two Miserable Presidents (ISBN: 978-1-59643-320-5-0), is also out. (index, adult-level source lists) (Nonfiction. 10-13) About the Author Steve Sheinkin is the award-winning author of several fascinating books on American history, including The Notorious Benedict Arnold, which won the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for nonfiction, and received three starred reviews; and Bomb, a National Book Award finalist and recipient of five starred reviews. He lives in Saratoga Springs, NY.