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Those Rebels, John And Tom (2012)

by Barbara Kerley(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0545222680 (ISBN13: 9780545222686)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Scholastic Press

review 1: This picture book is a fun way to introduce young children to American history. This book is about two of our founding fathers, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. These men are two clearly different people which can be seen from the beginning of the story where both of the men and infants. Although these men grew up with different hobbies and personalities they came together later in life because of the love they both shared for the American colonies. This well-illustrated picture book follows John and Toms journey about how the fought for our countries freedom. The illustrations are very vivid and draw the readers into each page. The illustrations reinforce the text in this picture book by using the illustrations to help tell the story as well. This book would be great to e... morexpose students in third grade and older. This book could also be used in a history lesson when learning about our countries freedom and the Declaration of Independence.
review 2: "The true story of how one gentleman - short and stout - and another - tall and lean - formed a surprising alliance, committed treason, and helped launch a new nation." Those Rebels, John and Tom is a book that is an accessible explanation of the difficulties of the Continental Congress in deciding whether to declare independence. It follows the contributions of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, explores their differences, and describes how the ultimately came together in their common goal. The story is written with primary source quotes strewn throughout in both descriptive paragraphs and as quotes from the two influential men. The author lists in the back what the sources were that quotes were drawn from, this serves as a way for her to verify what she had written and also as a resource for children to look further into the lives of the two men. Additional resources included an Author's Note explaining about the relationship between Jefferson and Adams after the Declaration of Independence and a photo of the Declaration of Independence itself. The pictures in the book are colorful with lots of bold primary colors. They depict not only real life actions as dicatated by the story but also colorful and often entertaining depictions of some of the ideas or comparisons made by the story. For example there is a picture of the Continental Congress arguing on top of a giant red snail with a picture of King George III hanging on it's shell: this illustrates a line in the book that has John Adams write his wife and say it is "slow as snails". Overall this story did a very good job of the difficult task in the political side of the war and would be a good introduction on the topic for 2-4 Grade students. less

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