This book turns American history into an exciting time-travel adventure, with a moral lesson. For young adults in Grades 6-12+, this is a beautiful book that even adults will treasure.
Amazing photographs illustrate Anthonys journey through time: Anthony is in the photos! Anthony walks on the moon with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, plays baseball with Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth, and flies from New York to Paris with Charles Lindbergh. He storms the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, cries with survivors of the Holocaust, and watches battle-weary marines raise the American flag on Iwo Jima. He helps Thomas Edison invent the phonograph, the light bulb, and the motion picture camera. He meets FDR, and works with Doctor Jonas Salk to conquer polio. He meets his great-grandfather at Ellis Island in 1907: together they fight in the trenches of World War I, struggle through the Great Depression, and start a business in America. Anthony is with his great-grandfather the day he becomes an American. Anthony does it all by stepping through the Magic Picture Frame on his bedroom wall.
This book is historically accurate: even Anthonys conversations with the people of the past are based on things they really said, all properly footnoted.
This book contains a built-in time machine: recommendations for hundreds of books, movies, songs, and places to visit.
Every chapter teaches a life lesson. Anthony discusses the nature of good and evil, right and wrong, war and peace, what it means to be an American, honor and discipline, success and achievement, courage and destiny, God and purpose. Anthony learns that the heroes of the past have something important to tell us: that the purpose of life is to live a life of purpose, and doing the right thing always matters.
Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 Astronaut says: "The book's vivid narrative and captivating photographs transported me through space and time: I felt that I was once again standing on the surface of the Moon in 1969. Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame `tells it like it really was' in America's early space program - the adventure, the risks, and the rewards. I almost believe that Anthony was there! I think that parents and teachers will appreciate the inspiring message this unique history book holds for America's next generation. I recommend this book to all young Americans, may they take us to the stars and beyond."
Michael Medved, National Syndicated Talk Show Host says: "Entertaining and educational."
Independent Publisher says: "Outstanding Book of the Year!
Midwest Book Review says: "Very strongly recommended to all parents wishing for an accurate and expansive education of American history for their children."
David Kinchen, Huntington News Network says: "A history book that puts students right in the picture: Now there's a concept that makes a lot of sense!"
Michael S. Class once dreamed of being able to bring the heroes of the past into present-day classrooms to teach children the lessons of history. Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame is the result of that dream.
