Pearl Harbor (Ready-To-Read. Level 3, Reading Alone) - Hardcover

Krensky, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689842139 ISBN 13: 9780689842139

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

A Ready-to-Read tale offers young readers an informative guide to the events that led to the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the happenings that followed as a result of it, complete with full-color illustrations. Simultaneous.

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen Krensky is the author of more than a hundred books for children, including How Santa Got His Job (an ALA Notable Book) and Big Bad Wolves at School. He and his wife, Joan, live in Lexington, Massachusetts. You can visit him at StephenKrensky.com.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2-4-This excellent introduction to Pearl Harbor and World War II opens with Secretary of State Cordell Hull angrily greeting Japanese representatives on December 7, 1941, even before news of the attack has reached him. What he does know is that Japan has been deceiving the U.S. Krensky goes on to describe the history of Japan's economic and political expansion in Asia, the European war, President Roosevelt's willingness to assist the Allies, and how continuing recovery from the Depression limited the U.S.'s full participation in the war prior to Pearl Harbor. He explains the purpose of the attack and Japan's belief that the U.S. would be unable to retaliate. The attack itself is described accurately, with good detail, showing how overwhelming the destruction was and how this encouraged and almost created patriotism in the United States. The pen-and-ink and pastel-wash illustrations on every spread are realistic and detailed; the scenes of destruction leave no doubt about the devastation, but are not disturbingly graphic. This book, with its easy chapters and complex sentences, will appeal to newly independent readers.
Susan Lissim, Dwight School, New York City
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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0689842139
• ISBN 13: 9780689842139
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Day Larry