Great book for elementary/middle school - history facts with a fictional twist.
Andrew K. (kuligowskiandrewt) -
Dear Ms. Tarshis,
You did a very nice job with "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005". In an entertaining story aimed at school-aged folks, you successfully incorporated:
- A history lesson about New Orleans and it's preparedness, or lack thereof, for the big storm that was inevitable and finally occurred in 2005.
- A socio-economic explanation of the Lower 9th Ward, and different reasons why people did not heed the warning to evacuate,
- A nice morality tale about bullying
- Perhaps the best illustrations of any book I've seen in your I Survived stories up until now
and you did it all in about 100 pages with readily-readable font and spacing!
Mind you, I wish you'd been able to include something about the nightmare madhouse that was the Superdome during the disaster. However, you managed to cram so much into such a little space that I have to concede I don't think it would have been possible to do so without overwhelming your text OR extending it past the effective story length.
I've read and reviewed 4 books in your series so far, and I believe I have a couple of others on my "to be read" pile. Based on what I've seen to date, I certainly am looking forward to those books AND to acquiring and reading the ones I have NOT come across as yet.
Keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
Andrew
RATING: 5 stars. Great job.
You did a very nice job with "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005". In an entertaining story aimed at school-aged folks, you successfully incorporated:
- A history lesson about New Orleans and it's preparedness, or lack thereof, for the big storm that was inevitable and finally occurred in 2005.
- A socio-economic explanation of the Lower 9th Ward, and different reasons why people did not heed the warning to evacuate,
- A nice morality tale about bullying
- Perhaps the best illustrations of any book I've seen in your I Survived stories up until now
and you did it all in about 100 pages with readily-readable font and spacing!
Mind you, I wish you'd been able to include something about the nightmare madhouse that was the Superdome during the disaster. However, you managed to cram so much into such a little space that I have to concede I don't think it would have been possible to do so without overwhelming your text OR extending it past the effective story length.
I've read and reviewed 4 books in your series so far, and I believe I have a couple of others on my "to be read" pile. Based on what I've seen to date, I certainly am looking forward to those books AND to acquiring and reading the ones I have NOT come across as yet.
Keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
Andrew
RATING: 5 stars. Great job.
