Flag Day (Pebble Books)

Schuh, Mari C.; Saunders-Smith, Gail

ISBN 10: 0736816526 ISBN 13: 9780736816526

Publisher: Pebble Books, 2003

Synopsis

An introduction to the history, purpose, and observance of Flag Day, a holiday honoring the U.S. flag.

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About the Author

Mari Schuh is the author of more than 130 nonfiction books for children, covering topics from tomatoes to tornadoes. She has written numerous articles for daily newspapers and has presented at the West Virginia Book Festival. Mari lives in Wisconsin with her husband, Joe, and their house rabbit, Kindle.

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Reviewed with Mari C. Schuh's Labor Day.

PreS-Gr. 2. Designed for beginning readers, these books in the National Holidays series are useful for presenting basic information to younger children. The texts are quite short, with one or two lines in large typeface on each of the nine double-page spreads. The format is rather small, but the colorful, full-page photographs illustrate each subject clearly, and the inclusion of people from many ethnic backgrounds reflects the diversity of people celebrating American national holidays. Each book briefly explains a holiday, its history, and how it is celebrated. Flag Day includes Truman designating June 14 a holiday, children studying the history of the American flag, and pictures of flags displayed on houses and in a parade. Labor Day tells when the holiday was created, whom it honors, and some of the ways that people relax on the day. Each book ends with a glossary and a short list of recommended books, as well as directions to the publisher's Internet site, which leads children to appropriate, subject-related sites for each holiday. Carolyn Phelan
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Edition details

• Publisher: Pebble Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0736816526
• ISBN 13: 9780736816526
• Binding: Library Binding
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 24