The Founding Fathers! Those Horse-Ridin', Fiddle-Playin', Book-Readin', Gun-Totin' Gentlemen Who Started America By Jonah Winter Illustrated by Barry Blitt Published by Simon & Schuster. Nominated by the Washington State Society, NSDAR selected this children's book as the national winner of the 2019 Excellence in American History Children's Book Award.
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The Founding Fathers children's book by Jonah Winter was selected by NSDAR as a winner of the 2019 Excellence in American History children's book award. WSSDAR nominated this book because it helps children learn about our founding fathers and the structure of our county. It is clever and humorous - really fun to read and is engaging for children and even adults. It presents the founding fathers as real people, with all their quirks and idiosyncrasies. It presents little known facts about these well know people, taking bold steps to help demystify the issues of that long-ago era, making their relevance to our modern lives obvious to young readers. The author does not side-step difficult issues but, instead, addresses them with objectivity and a refreshing frankness. Jonah Winter is the author of more than thirty celebrated nonfiction picture books. Barry Blitt’s illustrations have appeared on more than eighty New Yorker covers, many other prominent publications, and he has also illustrated a number of picture books. It is a delightful read! Go to https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Founding-Fathers!/Jonah-Winter/9781442442740 |
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