Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51907 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780761395485
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From School Library Journal
Gr 3-6-A compilation of short biographies of men and women from different eras, professions, and ethnic backgrounds. The alphabetically arranged, double-page entries include expected names, such as Mary McLeod Bethune, Thomas Jefferson, and Harriet Tubman, as well as the unexpected, for example, Martha Graham, Yo-Yo Ma, and Cal Ripken, Jr., with justification by the authors. The sketches are casual, sometimes asking readers questions to provoke thought. Many of the entries seem more chatty than informative, e.g., for Milton Hershey, "Sounds like a fantasy place in a kids' book, doesn't it? Well, don't tell that to the people in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It's their home!" Black-and-white pictures of the individuals appear on every spread. The profiles are followed by a "Hero Hunt," 24 questions to encourage children to uncover the identities of other American heroes via their computers or encyclopedias. It's all a great idea and a nice collection for browsing, but readers who want more information than inspiration will need to look elsewhere.

Be Astengo, Alachua County Library, Gainesville, FL

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Customer Reviews

Great for everyone, not just kids.
I was really suprised how many of these people I was not familiar with. I learned a lot! This book gives 2 pages of information on 50 important and influential people from the US (note: just from the US), explaining WHY we should think of them as heros. The heros quiz in the back is fun to do as a family. Everyone should read this book, not just children.

A Very Inspiring Book!
Dr. Dennis Denenberg and Lorraine Roscoe have written a book so inspiring and appropriate for children that this book should be in every classroom in the United States! Hard as if may be to believe, I have literally bought more than 60 copies of this book to share with parents and educators around the country. Every one I've spoken with who has seen and read this book has nothing but rave reviews to give it!

Inspiring and engaging
When I first found this book, I was impressed with the simple, accessible, straight-forward presentation of REAL WORLD heroes - for kids. When they get a chance to learn about the accomplishments of these people, they can have a real vision for themselves and for their lives. This is the kind of book that can make a positive impact on our world, a kid at a time, or better.

When I next read through the book, I was very impressed with the writing, for it presents a person (aka hero), his/her accomplishment(s), and then asks the readers to relate this to their own lives. The call it "Explore" - it is an invitation for the reader to make a part of the hero story become a part of them. What you are left with is the possibility that I can, that I am, that we are... It is a calling to be a hero, ourselves.