Title: King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution
Author: Steve Sheinkin
Illustrator: Tim Robinson
Genre: Nonfiction
Awards: N/A
Ages: 3rd+
Summary:
This book highlights interesting facts and tidbits of information that may not be in a typical textbook regarding the American Revolution. It contains comedic satire style writing that goes in depth into motivations and events of the war. Readers are introduced to important characters from Britain, the Colonies, and get to hear various points of views about the battles.
Awards: N/A
Ages: 3rd+
Summary:
This book highlights interesting facts and tidbits of information that may not be in a typical textbook regarding the American Revolution. It contains comedic satire style writing that goes in depth into motivations and events of the war. Readers are introduced to important characters from Britain, the Colonies, and get to hear various points of views about the battles.
Illustrations:
This book contains ink style sketches that illustrate certain parts of the texts. Robinson displays British royalty in funny hats and overly elaborately drawn clothes of the period. The information and images are historically accurate, but exaggerated for comedic effect. He also showcases important aspects of battles, ships, locations, etc. throughout the book to help the readers visualize the content.
This book contains ink style sketches that illustrate certain parts of the texts. Robinson displays British royalty in funny hats and overly elaborately drawn clothes of the period. The information and images are historically accurate, but exaggerated for comedic effect. He also showcases important aspects of battles, ships, locations, etc. throughout the book to help the readers visualize the content.
In the classroom:
This is an exceptionally fun book that can be used as a an educational tool. History really comes alive in this comedic retelling of facts or stories that students mayor may not have heard before. Young students will be able to enjoy the pictures and learn from the funny but informative text.
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