This coming school year we will be studying American History, a favorite at our house. We have collected books upon books from illustrated stories to biographies. We can never have too many books!
So begins the new book we are adding to our stockpile, Liberty Lee’s Tail of Independence
As you can see from the title there is a play on some words {“tail” instead of “tale”} throughout the book. Personally I love it and so do my children as we enjoy word games.
Written and illustrated by Peter and Cheryl Barnes the story of our nation’s road to independence is presented in a fun lilting rhyme accompanied by colorful, adorable illustrations. My children enjoyed trying to find Liberty Lee and a hidden eagle on each page while I read.
My favorite page is the spread showing the locations of various battle’s fought during the Revolutionary War. You can tell at a glance by the color of the border labeling each battle whether it was an American or British victory. You can bet I’ll be making the kids find the locations on a map when we really study this later in the school year!
The first time we read the book I found I had to stop and explain a lot of the words. Derived, deprived, repealed, preservation, self-evident, intolerable – those are hard for younger children to understand! We’ll definitely be learning those words better during our school time.
There are several resource pages at the end of the book for parents and teachers with added facts not covered in the story.
This is a nice addition to our home library!
{Disclaimer: I received Liberty Lee’s Tail of Independence for free. I received no other compensation for this review and all opinions are my own.}
I love the page with all the battles as well – what a treasure trove of fascinating information!
Thanks for being a part of the book tour.
I have a question on how you structure your school with your littles around 8-6 years old. I am debating on getting Sonlight curriculum- vs putting it together myself. With the info you have provided about math u see, grammar etc.. do you do those things along with the curriculum that is planned- is it already a part of it? Also did you like and use the bible curriculum from Sonlight? My oldest are 17 months apart- you have close kids did you use the same curriculum for them or get a 2nd grade and a 3rd grade respectively? Some things they are on the same level, others they are not.Thanks for all your help!
I usually get materials for whatever level they are on. I don’t make a big deal about a younger one being on the same level or higher than an older one. Each one is so different with varying strengths and they know that.
I do use math, grammar, spelling, etc along with the curriculum from Sonlight. I don’t use the bible curriculum as we have our own scripture study journal that we use on a daily basis. We used it at first and I didn’t have a problem with it – maybe because I grew up in the south and was exposed to so many different religious thoughts – but I wanted to focus on the Book of Mormon, which obviously isn’t taught through Sonlight. 🙂
I will definitely have to check this out. I love anything learned with iambic pentameter! Thanks for the information about it.