Brad Meltzer author of the biographies for children's series "I Am" books has hit a win win... While he has been writing political thrillers and non-fiction books for adults for years Meltzer has brought that skilled writing to young readers. On a shopping trip with his daughter for a costume, he realized most costumes were of movie characters that children idolized.
He then realized he wanted his children to know of historical figures as heroes. In Meltzer's gifted way, he has written a series of bibliographies from George Washington to Harriet Tubman to Lucille Ball One of my favorites I am Amelia Earhart, Meltzer takes Amelia's story and turns it into a book young readers can read,
enjoy and find inspiration.
The story shows how Amelia's personality must have been mischievous and she must have been a definitely think outside the box girl... A young lady who knew no boundaries. The stories show the main characters as children and real situations the heroes experienced. The illustrations of Christopher Eliopoulos have a comic book characteristics that bring smiles
to all readers especially children.
Meltzer says his core belief is ordinary people change the world, what a great lesson to encourage for our children.
Bashfulbookbee is ready to share these
great biographies with children~
I give them 5
follow this link to see an interview with Brad Meltzer:
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