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Manufacturer: Katherine Tegen Books
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This is a journey that began in many places.

It began in Kansas, home of Barack's mother. It began in Africa, home of Barack's father. It began in Hawaii one moonlit night, the night that Barack was born.

Sometimes it was a lonely journey. Sometimes it was an enchanted journey. But throughout this most unusual ride, this boy often wondered: Who am I? Where do I belong?

Jonah Winter and AG Ford re-create the extraordinary story behind the rise of the inspirational icon Barack Obama in this stunning picture book.

DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 328.73092
EAN: 9780061703928
ISBN: 0061703923
Label: Katherine Tegen Books
Manufacturer: Katherine Tegen Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: 2008-10-01
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Release Date: 2008-09-30
Studio: Katherine Tegen Books


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
• If I Ran For President
• Meet President Barack Obama (Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers)
• Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
• Barack Obama: An American Story


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Socialist propaganda to mislead chuldren
Comment: Where is the childrens book about President Reagan, President Eisenhower, President Taft, or President Jackson, or any other president for that matter. They don't exist because they did not seek to indoctrinate our children into the evils of homosexuality, socialism, globalism, and the murder of unborn children. They did not seek to take away the basic freedoms that we as Americans enjoy. Obama does, and he is trying to indoctrinate our children to his socialist agenda and destroy our country. This Kenyan born usurper, who is unconstitutionally holding the office of president, is no one I would allow my children to look up to.

Customer Rating:
Summary: good introduction for young children
Comment: Winter, Jonah. Barack. Illustrated by A.G. Ford. Collins. 2009.

This lovely picture book provides a touching, lyrical overview of the major elements of Barack Obama's life mentioning his mixed race parents, childhood years spent in Indonesia, one time meeting with his father, adolescence spent living with his mother's parents in Hawaii, community organizing in Chicago, political life in Illinois, and campaign for President in 2008. It is a great way for young children to meet the man who is now the President of the United States. Written before Barack was elected President, this book showcases how Barack has become a great human being and leader because he was able to pull together the many disparate pieces of his life into a healthy whole. The vibrant illustrations glow with color and drama. It is very hard to depict real people because probably every reader will have a slightly different view of their accurate appearance; I think that Michelle Obama is far more beautiful and animated than she appears in this book.



Customer Rating:
Summary: Who is Barack?
Comment: This book is a tribute to America's 44th President. The illustrations and storyline reveal who Barack Obama has become. He is a son of an African father and Caucasian mother that grew up in Hawaii - learning about various cultures and beliefs. It is clear that his upbringing was enhanced by the love and attention given by his grandparents (as so many children experience today). The examination of varying cultures, ideas and religious beliefs are what our founding fathers had in mind when drafting the constitution. Winter has done a tremendous staying true to the life of Barack Obama. I highly recommend this well written biography of Obama's life.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great for use in a public school setting
Comment: And use it we will.

Teachers will be very happy to receive this book into the now disappearing read aloud book boxes ( thanks NCLB) to share with their children something about their new national leader. Donate it to a classroom today! Along with books on Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy, and the Presidents we study in school this book will help students especially at the time of this inaugural. I haven't read everything, in fact I have read only some of his biography, (that by the way is a very complex fascinating biography), and it is interesting to me that the writer of this book took from that several things. First, it speaks to the diversity of his own personal background, the world in a man. Second, it speaks to his search for understanding himself and his purposes and finally how this is materialized now in his actions, this use of "hope." Since those strands seem important, we understand the book carries this well out to kids within a biographic structure.

I like, no I love, the illustrations. Wow, this is a first time children's illustrator. Sorry art is subjective. The images carry the flatness of Asian art at times, at times exotic strand, at times the Africa tradition, the work alludes back pictorially to times and books produced for children celebrating African American poetry/literature too and somehow the images are well enough drawn and painted to give an appropriate feeling of the text. No easy job. All too often it is such a difficult task the illustrator drops into cartoon. This is going to be extremely useful in my work.

I will be reading with 6 and 7 year olds, it just came in the mail. I'm glad I ordered it. It's not a lengthy read, good for us and it will be a good way to initiate them knowing a bit about their new leader. I am in mandated units requiring we present these kinds of experiences for kids that fail tremendously to contextualize them with a piece of literature or a way to make them real.

I read a little bit about his mom and dad. I have to add here that the writer and the illustrator dealt with that in a way that's remarkable. And for the children I teach they have a keen ear to these issues. They do indeed need to know how to go on to live a good and positive life.They need models.
Great book.

( there are a few reviews I see here unfit for a children's book section and if allowing parents or children to look the book here up-Danger Will Robinson)

Customer Rating:
Summary: Not recommended
Comment: This is full of omissions and propaganda. It reads more like a book that would be reviewed in Pravda. Even hard core liberal Obama fans must realize the blatant bias, outright falsehoods, and idol worship at play in this book. Definitely not for gullible, impressionable children.

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