Rating: 3 stars
Halloween is barely over--you're probably still sick from eating too much candy--but I thought I'd throw out a book referencing our next holiday...Thanksgiving. I'm a bit dumbfounded at the crazy-high rating this book gets on Amazon; I found it to be way too deep for the age range (5-8) it supposedly targets. But...you decide!
Here's my review from Washington Family Magazine:
My children are all too young for serious history lessons. Especially the youngest, at 19 months. Like all of you, I still try to inject the older two (5 ½ and 4) with appropriately-sized bits of information whenever possible. Through walks around the monuments, trips to historical place and dozens of books in between, they’ve picked up an impressive amount of information. (Does knowing that Abraham Lincoln wore a top hat count? Sure!)
I expected Land of the Pilgrims’ Pride to fit alongside these trips of ours—to be nonfiction and educational, but geared to a young crowd. I was right about nonfiction and educational, but should have paid more attention to the target age group for the book: ages 5 to 8. There is a lot of information in the book. My daughter, Lorelei, has an impressive attention span and is an advanced reader, and she soaked it up. I was able to quiz her comprehension in a not-so-annoying way when today at the Air and Space Museum she overheard a girl tell a guide that she’d spent part of her winter break in Williamsburg.
“Mom! Williamsburg! Like in the book!”
I gave myself an imaginary gold star and patted her on the back. (Maybe I should have patted her on the back first, but…that gives you a glimpse into my self-inflated psyche.)
To read the rest of the review--I actually do talk about the book--click here.
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