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It’s 1787, and a handful of men are about to sign the United States Constitution. In a few minutes, a newly free country will have a set of rules made by the people, for the people. Join lawmaker James Madison as he picks up a pen and makes history.
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Norman Pearl has written 10 childrens books. He writes on both science and social studies topics, usually while sitting under a palm tree, sipping lemonade. Norman lives in Miami, Florida, with his wife and son. They have a small, white, fluffy dog named Max, who thinks he's human.
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Distilling the U.S. Constitution into 24 pages isn't easy, but this volume in the American Symbols series is so attractive that kids may be drawn in by the pictures and learn something about American history in the process. Colored in deep hues, Skeens' images look so sturdy that they seem to be carved from wood. The text begins with James Madison introducing himself (he never appears again) and presumably asking the question the text poses: "What is the U.S. Constitution?" Each spread offers a few paragraphs of information about the document and its sections, the framers and how they worked together ("there was a lot of arguing"), and a little more about the branches of government. There's oversimplification; it's a shame Pearl didn't list the individual amendments in the Bill of Rights; and snippets of information are embedded in the spreads in type that is easy to miss. Still, the book's good points outweigh its minuses. Several books and Web sites are appended. Ilene Cooper
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- PublisherPicture Window Books
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1404826467
- ISBN 13 9781404826465
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages24
- IllustratorMatthew Thomas Skeens
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