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(When a little girl doesn't want to enter the building, the school observes, "I must be awful") The jazzy score adds to the buoyant mood, and the smooth animation of Christian Robinson's crisp artwork conveys author Adam Rex's infectious sense of humor. A Spy Called James (D...

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Published in:School Library Journal 2017-12, Vol.63 (12), p.65
Main Author: Turner, Kent
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Animation
Biographies
Childrens picture books
Connolly, Billy
Displaced persons
Environmental studies
Folklore
Heaney, Seamus
Henryson, Robert (1425-1508)
Language Arts
Musical Composition
Students
Voting
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Summary:(When a little girl doesn't want to enter the building, the school observes, "I must be awful") The jazzy score adds to the buoyant mood, and the smooth animation of Christian Robinson's crisp artwork conveys author Adam Rex's infectious sense of humor. A Spy Called James (Dreamscape; Gr 2-5), based on Anne Rockwell and Floyd Cooper's rich picture book biography, is a terrific and versatile choice for children's nonfiction, biography, and American studies, as it shines the spotlight on a little-known and important figure of the American Revolution: James Lafayette. Or, as director and amicable narrator Jason Grant Smith phrases it, "Are we the country we think we are?" At a breezy 77 minutes, the presentation delves into the 2002 Help America Vote Act and uncovers how vulnerable the voting systems are to manipulation and error. First Footprints (Dreamscape; Gr 10 Up) takes a revelatory look at the roots of early humans, centered on Australia.
ISSN:0362-8930