Name: Thrive! NCHE Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-05-22T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-05-24T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Winston-Salem, NC

Tagged: A Child's First Book of American History, American History, beautiful feet, module 5, module 6, Rainbow Book of American History

This topic has 11 replies, 7 voices, and was last updated 11 years, 12 months ago by Amber.

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March 23, 2013 at 3:49 am
Wings2fly
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http://bfbooks.com/A-Childs-First-Book-of-American-History-HB
It is special pricing right now and also available in PB. Free shipping over $50 to March 31. A review on Amazon for the oop book says it is in the style of Hillyer’s Child’s History of the World. The illustrator is James Daugherty. Sounds good to me! We have enjoyed SCM Stories of America, but this might be nice for covering some American history along with an Ancient history module.
March 23, 2013 at 5:09 pm
Amber
Participant
I was curious about this book when I saw it mentioned in the other post. We are finishing module 1 and will be starting module 2 in a few weeks but my daughter just asked me yesterday if we can study American History.
March 23, 2013 at 5:25 pm
Anonymous
Inactive
Thanks so much for this!
March 23, 2013 at 5:38 pm
Amber
Participant
I don’t know anything about this author or much about BF. Anyone have input? If this looks like a sure bet I would love to get the 30% of pre-print sale price.
March 24, 2013 at 6:19 pm
TailorMade
Participant
Bump
March 24, 2013 at 7:13 pm
erin.kate
Participant
This is the same history book as some know previously as the Rainbow Book of American History. BF does a spectacular job in republishing and preserving timeless books.
Here’s a nice description.
http://bfbooksblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/special-offer-childs-first-book-of.html
March 25, 2013 at 2:54 am
Mysterious Lady in Pink
Participant
I looked at the couple of sample pages on the blog. Does anyone know if there are more sample pages anywhere? I am familiar with Daugherty’s illustrations from other books, but I really felt like the text to illustrations ratio was just… wow, sensory overload (for me). Does anyone know if all the pages are like this?
March 30, 2013 at 11:56 pm
Amber
Participant
This sale ends tomorrow. I’m still undecided.
March 31, 2013 at 3:32 am
greenebalts
Participant
I was fortunate enough to find the original Rainbow Book of American History at a book sale last weekend. I LOVE it! The illustrations are awesome and I do not feel overloaded at all when looking through the book….and I’m not real into pictures, but I do like Daugherty’s work. This is what actually drew me to the book. There are some 2 page spreads with text only and no illustrations. The readings are short, anywhere from 3 – 6 pages. I would use it for a read aloud for K-3 or older depending on your range. It could be read on your own by grades 4-6. The retired homeschool mother of 7 that I bought it from said she used it as a read aloud spine for all ages. She added to it for the older ones and it was just right for the younger ones. Since I just bought it, I have not had a chance to read it yet so I won’t comment on that.

I also agree that BF does a wonderful job with their reprints.

Blessings,
Melissa
http://reflectionsfromdrywoodcreek.blogspot.com/
March 31, 2013 at 5:37 am
Mysterious Lady in Pink
Participant
Thank you for sharing about that, Melissa! It’s good to hear from someone who actually handled the book. 🙂
March 31, 2013 at 8:06 am
Amber
Participant
Site unseen, I took the risk. We are finishing Module 1 and starting Module 2 in a few short weeks; however, my daughter recently asked if we could study American History. Hopefully this will work to partially fulfill that desire while we continue our regular studies. I also purchased the D’Aulaire books to go along with this.
May 13, 2013 at 1:27 pm
Amber
Participant
Just wanted to mention this is still on sale in case anyone else is thinking of taking advantage of the sale. We are waiting for our hard cover version yet. I called the company and they said the paperback started shipping last week and the hard cover should ship within a couple weeks. They had a printing issue.