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A brilliant portrait of two American heroes from the award-winning creators of The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)!

"Adams and Jefferson help bring forth the Declaration of Independence and... model successful collaboration. Their secret: Speak up and listen to the other guy. Good lessons for today's Washington." —San Francisco ChroniceAn NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were very different. John Adams was short and stout. Thomas Jefferson was tall and lean. John was argumentative and blunt. Tom was soft-spoken and polite. But these two very different gentlemen did have two things in common: They both cared deeply about the American colonies, and neither cared much for the British tyrant, King George.With their signature wit, impeccable research, and inventive presentation style, award winners Barbara Kerley and Edwin Fotheringham masterfully blend biography and history to create a brilliant portrait of two American heroes who bravely set aside their differences to join forces in the fight for our country’s freedom.

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ISBN-13:	9780545222686
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	8.88(w) x 12.26(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	960L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Barbara Kerley is a two-time Sibert Honoree and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honoree whose award-winning biographies include What to Do About Alice?, The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy), Those Rebels, John & Tom, and A Home for Mr. Emerson, all illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham; Tigers & Tea with Toppy, illustrated by Matte Stephens; and The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins and Walt Whitman: Words for America, illustrated by Brian Selznick. Kerley's books have all been praised for their lively prose, meticulous research, and artistic presentation style. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit her online at barbarakerley.com.
Edwin Fotheringham’s stylish, award-winning illustrations have graced the pages of The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and many other publications. He has illustrated numerous highly acclaimed nonfiction picture books, such as Barbara Kerley's What to Do About Alice?, a Sibert Honor Book and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book; The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy), a New York Public Library Best Children's Book; Those Rebels, John & Tom, an NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book; and A Home for Mr. Emerson, a NAPPA Gold Award winner; as well as younger fiction picture books, such as Pam Muñoz Ryan's Tony Baloney and the eponymous beginning reader series, Jennifer Hamburg's Monkey and Duck Quack Up!, a spring 2015 Indie Favorite, and Andria Rosenbaum’s Big Sister, Little Monster. Ed lives in Seattle, Washington. Visit him online at edfotheringham.com.

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Kerley and Fotheringham, the team behind The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy), cleverly contrast two diverse founding fathers and early presidents, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Entertaining verse and droll illustrations parlay their differences and similarities into a lens through which to view the start of the American Revolution. Initial spreads draw distinctions between lively extrovert John and refined statesman Tom, using parallel contexts. “When wasn’t in the courtroom, he planted corn, pruned fruit trees, and chased his chickens and ducks.... When wasn’t in the courtroom, he maintained his accounts, surveyed his lands, and dined on chicken and duck.” A playful tone also is reflected in the typeface, with certain phrases enlarged for shout-out emphasis, and in the caricatured artwork. Skillfully rendered and decidedly modern in a patriotic palette of red, white, blue, and brown, the digitally created scenes mirror and enhance the text’s wit (in one illustration, Tom uses a quill pen to spatter an image of King George with ink). A witty and wise portrait of strength being born out of difference. Agent: Writers House. Illustrator’s agent: Pat Hackett. Ages 7–11. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

What To Do About Alice? A Robert F. Sibert Honor BookA Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor BookA Parents’ Choice Award WinnerTexas Bluebonnet Award Masterlist“Kerley reveals the essence of Alice in an upbeat account of her life.” — The New York Times*“Spectacular art.” — Booklist, starred review*“A gleeful celebration of a fully, unapologetically led life.” — Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewThe Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)A PW Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Best Book of the YearA New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing California Reading Association Eureka! Gold Award WinnerA School Library Journal Best Book A Washington Post Best Book for Young ReadersOppenheim Portfolio Gold Award*“A masterfully perceptive and largely visual biography . . . dynamic and lovely . . . a joy to peruse.” — School Library Journal, starred review. “A great new book.” — The New York Times*“An accessible and inventive vision of an American legend.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

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Gr 2–4—Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were different in looks and temperament, but they shared a devotion to their country. Concentrating on the years 1774–1776, Kerley shows how these two opposite personalities came together to help the Continental Congress reach consensus and produce the Declaration of Independence. More narrowly focused and written for a slightly older audience than Suzanne Tripp Jurmain's excellent Worst of Friends (Dutton, 2011), Those Rebels goes into detail about both men's roles in developing the document. Their presidential years are summarized in an author's note. Well-referenced quotations are incorporated into the text, bringing history to life in a forthright and dynamic manner. The large-scale illustrations are rendered in digital media in a caricature style that suggests political cartoons. Red, white, and blue are the primary colors used, with mustard yellow added for contrast. The endpapers and jacket flaps are cleverly designed with silhouettes to emphasize the physical contrast between the two men. The cover calls to mind Willard's painting The Spirit of '76, with Jefferson bearing an enormous quill rather than a fife or drum. This book succeeds in illuminating a crucial point in American history using an authoritative yet child-friendly approach.—Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher's School, Richmond, VA

School Library Journal

A graceful and good-humored account introduces the very human sides of the disparate duo who came together in the Continental Congress to give birth to American independence in an extraordinary achievement in 1774-1776. Kerley makes the essential points about Jefferson and Adams: Though different from birth--humble roots for athletic John, an aristocratic upbringing for intellectual Tom--both were committed to the American colonies. Light-hearted, kinetic illustrations emphasize their dissimilar styles, with Adams' love of a good verbal argument and Jefferson's devotion to the pen almost comically contrasting. A predominance of blue, red, white and gold sets off cameo-style portraits mixed with cartoon drawings to strike just the right notes. Use of a generous trim size and a classically styled typeface with enlarged, bolded phrases recalls the emphatic design in the printing of revolutionary broadsides. Jefferson's slave ownership is acknowledged in several places: His efforts to include a clause condemning slavery in his declaration is mentioned; in one illustration, John wheels a barrow of fertilizer at his Braintree farm, and Tom sits thinking astride his horse at Monticello while black men in slave clothing labor in the background. A densely packed author's note tells the rest of the story about Adams and Jefferson--that their friendship had a gap of 11 years, but their July 4th, 1826 deaths were within hours of each other, each with the other in mind. Humorous, respectful and affectionate: a solid invitation to learn more. (author's note, facsimile of Declaration, quotation source notes) (Informational picture book. 9-12)

Kirkus Reviews

Fotheringham's cartoonish drawings hold a retro Schoolhouse Rock appeal in this rousing account of the friendship before the feud.
—The New York Times Book Review

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