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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. A boy tells about all of the American history his family has witnessed- from his father watching the Inauguration Parade for George Washington, to his family’s participation in the Civil War, to inventions like electricity, telephones, plumbing, and the automobile, to World War I, the Great Depression, the first atomic bomb, establishment of the United Nations, and the Civil Rights Movement. Pearl takes the reader on a journey through American history, from 1789 through 1960. As a student this book was a great way to learn a little bit about US history. I liked the illustrations very much, they added alot to the story. As a teacher this is the perfect book to use in a history lesson. It is a fun book that will hold my students interest. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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Informative, thought-provoking, educational and engrossing, Pearl offers a view of American history from the perspective of one individual: the eponymous narrator. It links national and international history to personal and family stories, showing how larger historical events and cultural changes are experienced on the ground, by ordinary people. With a deceptive simplicity, the narrative here often highlights the emotional significance of key moments in our past - the pain and loss of war, the hope engendered by new beginnings, the public euphoria accompanying great achievements - always carrying on to the next episode, the next challenge, just as people living that history had to do. There were moments, reading Pearl, that I found myself with a lump in my throat. When the narrator reflects, after losing her grandson, that she finally understood her mother's feelings, so many years before, it left me blinking away tears. Atwell's artwork, done in her signature folk-art style, is every bit as evocative and powerful as the text, somehow capturing each period or episode in single large canvas, while giving the sense of the passage of time. The third title I have read from Atwell, following upon her The Thanksgiving Door and River, this is a gem of a picture-book, one I cannot recommend highly enough. I am mystified that this author/artist isn't better known. ( )