Reviews for Discover George Washington

The average rating for Discover George Washington based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-02-24 00:00:00 Pierre Gr�goire I still read to my kids at night, even though they are both quite capable of reading to themselves. Usually when I read a biography, they are antsy and bored, although sometimes they find it interesting. But THIS time, they were excited! This book brilliantly takes what could be a somewhat dry story and makes it completely accessible to schoolage kids. (One quibble, I would have liked a few more actual dates - in the followup, it says there is a Stanton Day celebrated in NY State every year on her birthday. News to us New Yorkers! We want to celebrate too! Lily asked, logically, "When is her birthday?" Good question! Not answered in this book! *) It starts when she is 4 years old and her baby sister has just been born - perfect! Kids can identify with other kids. My daughters were shocked and outraged to learn that women could not vote (I've told them this before, but kids ... never listen!), could not own property, could not go to college. They had A LOT to say about that! They did not understand why Stanton was "scolded" for stating that women should have the right to vote. It would have been nice if the book had gone a little more deeply into WHY so many people - even other women - were horrified at the thought of women being able to vote. So, the book's not perfect, but it's engaging, and it really energized my daughters (ages 6 & 9). * I looked it up: Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born November 12, 1815. Shoot, we just missed celebrating Stanton Day! I learned from wiki that the Stantons moved from Boston to Seneca Falls NY because they were concerned about the effect of New England winters on Henry Stanton's health. LOL Moving to Seneca Falls didn't exactly get them out of the wintery zone!! I Googled "Stanton Day" and got ... nothing. After some digging, I did find this: "Governor Herbert Lehman of New York declared November 12 Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day in 1941." I learned about this book on another great website: www.amightygirl.com

Review # 2 was written on 2012-11-29 00:00:00 Scott Weiler A picture book biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. This is mostly a straight up biography. It simply gives facts about Elizabeth Cady Stanton's life in an easy to understand manner. I especially liked when she met her husband and he didn't laugh at her crazy ideas. I also liked how her father wasn't a villain, he just knew that her life would be easier if she had been born a boy. What I didn't like was the lack of a lot of dialogue. There's a little bit of dialogue taken from ECS's writing but not a whole lot, even when her friends find her idea of woman suffrage preposterous! I was also not excited by the folk art style illustrations. Elizabeth should have been shown in her signature bloomer costume she adopted after discovering how difficult it was to carry a baby downstairs in hoop skirts. The book includes an author's note and sources. This is a good, quick, simple biography to introduce children to one of my personal heroes.