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Childhood of Famous Americans
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These are very popular in my lending library. I have one little boy who reads as many as he can get his hands on. They have been released in many editions through the years in both hardback and paperback. I’ve noticed that some (not all) of the ones in the new red and blue pb’s were rewritten by a different author than the originals…don’t know what that means as I haven’t compared them to see what the differences are, but if in doubt I would always choose the older version. Personally, if my early to mid age children are going to read a bio, I prefer the Garrard Discovery biographies, but COFA’s are well done as well.
I only have the older hardbacks myself, have never bought the paperbacks to compare. These can be very good for less-experienced readers needing practice as they are pretty easy. They are partially fictionalized, so for a real “biography” I agree with Robin–there are better ones. But for fairly solid material to get younger kids interested in reading nonfiction, they can work well. My boys all went through a spell where they read every adventurous-boy COFA we could track down.
We have only read a few so far but my DD has enjoyed them. I agree with Robin’s and Bookworm’s comments – there are better ones available but a good history read for the age group.
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