From School Library Journal
Grade 2-3-Short, well-organized books. The brief texts get right to the point, but occasionally verge on the simplistic. For example, while many of the incidents about Boone's life are interesting and readers will get a sense of the amount of traveling he did on the frontier, they may not understand the role he played in opening it. The text does note that he and others "made" the Wilderness Road and there was a fort named "Boonesborough," although there is no mention that it was named after him or why. The books are enhanced by full-color and black-and-white reproductions and photos; Muir is particularly strong in this aspect with archival shots of the naturalist combined with others that display the beauty of the American West he cherished. These titles are appropriate for beginning readers and researchers.Betsy Barnett, Eads School District, CO Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Reviewed with David and Patricia Armentrout's Florence Nightingale.Gr. 2-4, younger for reading aloud. These small, square books in the People Who Made a Difference series will work for both personal interest and curriculum projects. Florence Nightingale gave up a life of luxury, studied nursing books in secret, and earned the name, "The Lady with the Lamp," for her work with the wounded during the Crimean War. She changed the perception not only of nursing but also of hospitals ("no longer a place to die, but a place to heal"). Muir's life story is not quite as dramatic, but children who like the great outdoors will be caught by the dazzling views of the wilderness Muir loved and fought to save. The design is readable, with a full-page color photo or a black-and-white print opposite each page of simple, fact-filled text, and each book has a glossary, a chronology, a brief bibliography, and two Web sites. Hazel Rochman
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John Muir ANNOTATION
A simple biography of the naturalist who founded the Sierra Club and was influential in establishing the national park system.
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School Library Journal
Gr 2-3-Short, well-organized books. The brief texts get right to the point, but occasionally verge on the simplistic. For example, while many of the incidents about Boone's life are interesting and readers will get a sense of the amount of traveling he did on the frontier, they may not understand the role he played in opening it. The text does note that he and others "made" the Wilderness Road and there was a fort named "Boonesborough," although there is no mention that it was named after him or why. The books are enhanced by full-color and black-and-white reproductions and photos; Muir is particularly strong in this aspect with archival shots of the naturalist combined with others that display the beauty of the American West he cherished. These titles are appropriate for beginning readers and researchers.-Betsy Barnett, Eads School District, CO Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
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