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anniejaneb's review
4.0
Great book except for the first page where it includes a swear word (oh my God)
and reference the the earth being millions of years old.
and reference the the earth being millions of years old.
heidisreads's review
4.0
Awesome history with a little science even mixed in! Loved the illustrations!
kelleemoye's review
5.0
Full review at: http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=2506
Ever since I read Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, I’ve loved learning about this scary time in American history (also, the danger hasn’t ceased just because it happens less often). This book does a beautiful job of taking this time in history and laying it out for the reader so that it is very easy to understand. It includes background about the geographical area, information about the Depression, and then takes you through the Dust Bowl all the way to modern days. So interesting!
Teacher’s Tools For Navigation: First, this book will make a great companion to Out of the Dust. I think many readers struggle with Hesse’s book because they don’t have the background knowledge needed to understand the book and Don Brown’s book gives all the background needed. The Great America Dust Bowl can also be used as a resource when teaching the Dust Bowl, the depression, or agriculture.
Ever since I read Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, I’ve loved learning about this scary time in American history (also, the danger hasn’t ceased just because it happens less often). This book does a beautiful job of taking this time in history and laying it out for the reader so that it is very easy to understand. It includes background about the geographical area, information about the Depression, and then takes you through the Dust Bowl all the way to modern days. So interesting!
Teacher’s Tools For Navigation: First, this book will make a great companion to Out of the Dust. I think many readers struggle with Hesse’s book because they don’t have the background knowledge needed to understand the book and Don Brown’s book gives all the background needed. The Great America Dust Bowl can also be used as a resource when teaching the Dust Bowl, the depression, or agriculture.
maryehavens's review
3.0
Having just finished The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan, I was interested in seeing what a juvenile graphic novel would have to say. Basically, it was the juvenile graphic novel version of The Worst Hard Time! The bibliography in the back listed that book as well as several others, including an oral history project from Oklahoma.
Of course, TWHT was better but this was pretty darn awesome too. Gave it to my daughter to read. I especially liked the inclusion of two photos in the back: a monster dust storm in 1935 and another one in 2011 (but in Phoenix, not in the original Dust Bowl area).
Great introduction for the junior set to this environmental tragedy.
Of course, TWHT was better but this was pretty darn awesome too. Gave it to my daughter to read. I especially liked the inclusion of two photos in the back: a monster dust storm in 1935 and another one in 2011 (but in Phoenix, not in the original Dust Bowl area).
Great introduction for the junior set to this environmental tragedy.
listen_learn's review
4.0
The illustrations here are fabulous, but I was hoping for text that wove story and fact together equally, and this focused much more on facts.
Still that means I was disappointed mostly because of my own expectations and the author does an excellent job of conveying the causes, effects, and aftermath of this era.
Still that means I was disappointed mostly because of my own expectations and the author does an excellent job of conveying the causes, effects, and aftermath of this era.
saidtheraina's review
3.0
Great nonfiction piece on what the dust bowl actually was. Brown talks about the environmental things that happened to make the world dusty, and talks in detail about the effects on the people living in the Midwest at the time.
His illustrations, though often grim, are aesthetically pleasing, and clean and clear. Many take the form of infographics.
He doesn't get down to personal stories, really. He's more focused on the more general experiences of people as a whole, and the macros of the situation. And of course, it's a pretty grim tale.
As such, I'm not sure what the hook is for booktalking to kids - which kids might pick this up on their own. It will be a great source for classroom study of the period, though. And I hope many teachers decide to use it. This is pretty painless history. And if you're even vaguely curious about the topic, you'll enjoy it too.
His illustrations, though often grim, are aesthetically pleasing, and clean and clear. Many take the form of infographics.
He doesn't get down to personal stories, really. He's more focused on the more general experiences of people as a whole, and the macros of the situation. And of course, it's a pretty grim tale.
As such, I'm not sure what the hook is for booktalking to kids - which kids might pick this up on their own. It will be a great source for classroom study of the period, though. And I hope many teachers decide to use it. This is pretty painless history. And if you're even vaguely curious about the topic, you'll enjoy it too.
beths0103's review
5.0
Wow. This book is excellent. A wonderful example of successfully and beautifully turning nonfiction text into graphic novel form. The text was just as compelling as the illustrations (if not more so). Bravo Don Brown. A must-have title for any social studies teacher.
droar's review
4.0
A chilling historical graphic novel about the dust bowl. The art is aptly gritty and a little vague, but it works for a book about natural(unnatural?) disasters.