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People said that when Davy was born he weighed more than two hundred pounds! They also said he saved the world from a comet by grabbing its tail, twirling it around, and sending it back into the sky. These stories are just myths, but Davy did have an amazing life. Here is the real story of Davy Crockett, fearless soldier and leader who always stood up for what he believed in.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31587 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780689859441
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From Booklist
Gr. 1-3. This entry in the Ready-to-Read Stories of Famous Americans series spotlights Davy Crockett. Chapter one begins with an anecdote telling of Davy as a 200-pound newborn baby, leaping from his crib and dancing. "At least that's what people said later," says Krensky, launching into a more traditional account of Crockett's youth. Each of the book's four chapters begins with italicized text that reads like legend before reverting to a standard biographical approach. Jumping from event to event, the narrative moves swiftly through Crockett's life. The account is enhanced by the colorful, often dramatic, and sometimes beautiful illustrations. A stimulating introduction to the king of the wild frontier. Carolyn Phelan
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People said that when Davy was born he weighed more than two hundred pounds! They also said he saved the world from a comet by grabbing its tail, twirling it around, and sending it back into the sky. These stories are just myths, but Davy did have an amazing life. Here is the real story of Davy Crockett, fearless soldier and leader who always stood up for what he believed in.

Customer Reviews

Odd book
Honestly, our favorite thing about this book is the cover illustration. We love that coonskin cap.

This book combines legends with biography in a way that is hard for early readers to connect to. Each chapter begins with a Paul-Bunyan-like legend about Davy, in italicized type, and then zips into the real biography. However, for a first-grader reading the story, that is totally confusing. It is a style more geared toward a fourth-or-fifth grader, the swooping back and forth between dreamworld and reality.

The parts about Davy being a warrior and a crack shot and a legislator and finally fighting at the Alamo (the BIOGRAPHICAL parts), were interesting and historical and well-written. But since they were interrupted with the mythic Davy, the book left me turned off. I'm a fan of poetic language and myth, but an early reader is still learning.

Other books in this series and at this level that we have really liked:

1)Harriet Tubman and the Freedom Train
2)Taking Flight - the Story of the Wright Brothers

Davy Crockett is Really Good!
Davy Crockett is the best of the ready to read biographies that I've read. It truly is good and very interesting. If only more of the books were written as good as this one is!