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John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith
5.0
This humorous book about our founding fathers is very funny, with informative tidbits and set up like they are sorta the Beatles. It tells of each person like they are a child and it shows their quirks as kids that eventually help them as adults be the great men they were. John Hancock signed his name on the chalk board bigger than anyone else which is why he was the first one to sign. Paul did ring bells as a child and this book posits he was hard of hearing and yelled all the time.
It’s cute and funny. The illustrations are wonderful and it’s a great beginning story about the founding of our country. There are several funny Ben Franklin phrases and it really makes Thomas Jefferson out to be an egghead which I’m sure he was. We do find out the myth of George Washington saying “I cannot tell a lie” was a myth a mason made up that stuck.
Both kids enjoyed this. The nephew thought this was hilarious. He new most of these stories and he loved the humor. It was 5 star material for him. He liked several of the kids in this as the funniest. He was trying to rank them. The niece thought it was a cute story for the holiday of July 4th. She gave this 3 stars.
It’s cute and funny. The illustrations are wonderful and it’s a great beginning story about the founding of our country. There are several funny Ben Franklin phrases and it really makes Thomas Jefferson out to be an egghead which I’m sure he was. We do find out the myth of George Washington saying “I cannot tell a lie” was a myth a mason made up that stuck.
Both kids enjoyed this. The nephew thought this was hilarious. He new most of these stories and he loved the humor. It was 5 star material for him. He liked several of the kids in this as the funniest. He was trying to rank them. The niece thought it was a cute story for the holiday of July 4th. She gave this 3 stars.