Texas - 19th Century - Revolution & Republic, Political Figures - Biography, Politics & Government - United States, United States - State & Local History
First Biographies: Sam Houston
by Lisa Trumbauer, Gail Saunders-Smith (Editor), Richard B. Rice
Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Sam Houston, who served as governor of Texas after helping fight for the region's independence from Mexico.
School Library Journal
K-Gr 2-These very simple biographies are similar in format and reading level to the "Famous Americans" series (Pebble). The small size and large font are targeted at early readers, although the bare-facts text and average-quality illustrations are unlikely to appeal to them. On each spread, a few sentences face a black-and-white or color photograph or reproduction of artwork from the subject's time. A simple time line runs across the bottom of the pages. With fewer than 250 words per title, only the most-well-known highlights of the subjects' impressive lives are mentioned. Kennedy devotes six sentences to his presidency and two to his assassination. Sitting Bull states that the Lakota Indian chief was born in South Dakota, which "was not a state at that time," but doesn't explain what it was. The books might find an audience with older ESL students.-Donna Cardon, Provo City Library, UT Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
K-Gr 2-These very simple biographies are similar in format and reading level to the "Famous Americans" series (Pebble). The small size and large font are targeted at early readers, although the bare-facts text and average-quality illustrations are unlikely to appeal to them. On each spread, a few sentences face a black-and-white or color photograph or reproduction of artwork from the subject's time. A simple time line runs across the bottom of the pages. With fewer than 250 words per title, only the most-well-known highlights of the subjects' impressive lives are mentioned. Kennedy devotes six sentences to his presidency and two to his assassination. Sitting Bull states that the Lakota Indian chief was born in South Dakota, which "was not a state at that time," but doesn't explain what it was. The books might find an audience with older ESL students.-Donna Cardon, Provo City Library, UT Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
