If, by now, you have read some of the picture books I have reviewed, you have no doubt laughed several times. Are you ready for another "laugher"? I present to you: John, Paul, George and Ben. This children's book highlights facts about our founding fathers in an extremely hysterical way. John (Hancock) had the best penmanship as a student; Paul (Revere) shouted very loudly; George (Washington), could chop down trees like nobody's business; and Ben (Franklin) always had a saying appropriate to the situation. Perhaps the funniest part about this book is that all of these things were true when the men were adults. We have no idea if they acted in this manner as children, but the author has presented historical facts to children in a funny way.
The first time I read this, I was laughing so hard that I was crying. (If you did not get the same effect, you can stop reading now.) I could picture these old men as children who were 10-going-on-50. As the author notes in the front cover, this book is "loosely based on the history tales [he] remembered from school." Benjamin Franklin's sayings are true, John Hancock really did have beautiful cursive, George Washington cut down one or two trees, and Paul Revere announced that the British were coming. The history is accurate, and the pictures are hysterical. Read it for yourself and see if you can't stop laughing. I guarantee that if you think it's funny, so will your young students.
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