PENGUIN I am Sacagawea

My 7year old daughter LOVES these books!! We have bought many from the collection...and buy them as gifts too! Easy to read, colorful pictures, informative (but age appropriate) AND inspiring! I have even learned some things ;) lots of great lessons taken from each book...hope they keep adding...especially the women of history <3

My students and I enjoyed this retelling of the story of Sacagawea. It was organized in typical picture book style combined with comic book style and was easy to comprehend. From a critical lens, parents and educators should be aware that the author is a white male and that you will have to look at that point of view when reading. For example, in the text it says: "Back then, they didn't think much of people that looked like me. Someone that was a girl. Someone that was young. Someone that was Native American". Or "...I was given to a French Canadian man and became his wife". There are many statements similar to this throughout the book which are great for analyzing. There are also outdated terms like the use of the word tribe instead of Nation. All-in-all, I enjoyed this book and feel comfortable critically analyzing the text with my students.

No es exactamente lo que esperaba, prefiero la otra colección de mis pequeños heroes.

amazing story and visuals - my six year old son loves this series and reads them over and over

There is something wonderful about the way Brad writes the "I Am..." books. The research he does is amazing. I've learned so much from every one of them. The best part, though, is that Brad Meltzer is a gifted storyteller. His books are enjoyable for every age. My son and his 5 year old son love to sit together and read them - Brad makes the stories alive. The illustrations, too, are wonderful, and keep the interest of even the littlest reader or soon-to-be reader. I've gotten in the habit of buying one for my family, and then one for my grandchildren's classroom, and the teachers love them. (They should be in every classroom.) And to learn so powerfully that one person can make a difference, well, what a great life lesson!