Pin 9: Biography

The story I chose this week is called, "Papa Is a Poet," by Natalie S. Bober. This is a picture book biography and was published in 2013. It was written about Robert Frost and I believe the author did a splendid job writing in first person from Leslie Frost's perspective. Mainly, the story is about a fifteen year old girl sharing her experience growing up with Robert Frost who happens to be her father. She shares how he taught her to read and type on the typewriter. She shares how her father saw the world creatively and poetically. In the story there are times when Leslie mentions how her father had critics who didn't think being a poet was worth his time. Robert Frost published his first two books in England while he lived there for two and a half years. However, he did not get paid for his work, therefore he moved back to America where he resided in New Hampshire. He lived on a farm with his wife, Leslie, and his other three children. Leslie's parents both taught her and her three younger siblings because their school was too far from their house. Overall, the story really shows the journey of how a poet never gave up on his dreams and how finally he had a big break that helped him to be remembered for generations.

Something I admire about this story takes a "hero-worship" stance on a famous poet. I like how the author did her research on Robert Frost and she interviewed Leslie Frost. I enjoyed how details and facts were incorporated into the story without specific dates. In addition, I love how the author incorporated Robert Frost's most famous poetry into her book from his perspective. Whenever Robert Frost's character spoke in the story his words were only quotes from his most famous poems. It made this book unique because Robert Frost said those words, just not that exact moment. To whoever is reading my blog, I encourage you to read this book, if you want to understand what I just shared. In addition, this book has more information on the life of Robert Frost and his most famous poetry is in the back of the book. Moreover, Natalie S, Bober was a genius in the way she played with first and second person within her story.

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Pin 8: Informative Books- The American Flag Topic

 The American Flag is one of many great American Symbols. It's apart of our American history and is an amazing story of how different ideas changed the design of our flag, until there was an agreement for us to settle for the American Flag we see today. This is something children will enjoy learning. The following paragraphs will be about three books that I believe are great for children on the history of The American Flag. Overall, all of these books have a glossary and an index. It's interesting to compare them to see how they all define the same words and concepts. 



 "Why are there stripes on the American Flag?" by Martha Rustad
This particular book has cartoon like pictures and characters. It's a story about a teacher who has curious students that are interested in learning about the existence of the American Flag. They ask a lot of questions and he gives a lot of facts about who made the flag, why it was made, and what do we do to show respect towards the flag by placing our hands over our hearts. Furthermore, there are activities on how to design your own flag, websites, and resources in this book.










 "Our American Flag," by Mary Firestone
This is a great book. The illustrations are 3d images and the figures look wooden. It's very informative about the American Flag. Also, the illustrations are drawings of famous people who inspired the existences of the American Flag. It shares how the American Flag has changed over the last century. The flag has changed from 13 stars and 13 stripes, until the flags design began to be too big. A group of people overtime had new ideas that were becoming to complicated, and then finally the flag we have to today was the best choice. We have 13 stripes for the first 13 colonies and 50 stars for our 50 states. In addition to this book, it shares the guidelines in which the flag should be properly taking care of and respected. The flag can't be in bad weather and needs to be in a bright area at night. Also it should not touch the ground.



"From Cloth to American Flag," by Martha Rustad
This book explains how The American Flag is made. It explains the type of materials used to make and the process it takes to create the flag. Parts of the flag are sown together and hand-stitched. It's interesting to see how it is made. Also some small facts are given about the American Flag a part from how it is made.

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