Nicole Hadley (380 KP) rated 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet in Books
Jun 18, 2018
50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet by Dennis Denenberg & Lorrain Roscoe is absolutely amazing. I loved every part of this book. It covers a wide variety of American heroes. There are civil war heroes, turn of the century heroes, modern heroes and heroes from when this country was created. There are heroes that are well-known and no so well-known to those i've never hear of. The pictures of great and the fact are spot on. The facts that are given are interesting and relevant to kids and adults.
I would love to use this book in the classroom to teach my students about American heroes both present and past. Also, to teach them that ordinary citizen like you and me can do great things and make a big difference. One aspect I really appreciate as an educator are the activities for further learning.
I received this advanced readers copy from Lerner Publishing Group and Hillbrook Press via NetGalley for an honest review.
Henry Clay: America's Greatest Statesman
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In a critical and little-known chapter of early American history, a fearless young Kentucky lawyer...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2204 KP) rated A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
I enjoyed the movie from last year and finally got around to reading the book. It was a lot of fun even if most of the plot was familiar thanks to the movie. There was one slow section that seemed to come out of no where to slow things down, but on the whole it was worth reading.
read my full review at<a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/07/book-review-princess-of-mars-by-edgar.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
David McK (3425 KP) rated The Lost Outlaw (Jack Lark #8) in Books
Apr 12, 2020
Jack remains as compelling an protagonist as ever, having now fought on both sides of the American Civil War and throughout the British colonies (the series started in Alma), although now his past is beginning to tell - he is no longer as cocksure, as certain of himself as before and is suffering from nightmares over all he has witnessed.
And, yes, the finale does very much resemble Rorke's Drift - even the author states as much!
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The second book in the Beirut Trilogy, BRIDE OF A BYGONE WAR is set in the spring of 1981, following...
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) in Movies
Aug 1, 2020
Made just as the western was going out of fashion as a genre, there's a strikingly elegiac quality to this film - it includes all the requisite action and violence, but also considers wider issues about what it means for people to try and live together. Brings real heart and soul to the slightly cartoony character Eastwood played for Sergio Leone. In some ways this is a very serious film, but it also works superbly as a piece of entertainment.
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Set in Montana shortly after the Civil War, this novel tells of White Man's Dog (later known as...