Hello, this is ToriAnn Perkey, and
from my homeschool to your homeschool,
I regret that I must recommend
these history books. No,
just kidding. I'm super excited
to recommend these history books!
But I had to start that way because
the first one is about Nathan Hale,
and Nathan Hale is the patriot at the
beginning of the American revolution who
before he died said,
"I regret that I have but one
life to give for my country."
And these books are in fact --
that I'm going to recommend --
are in fact named after him.
The very first one is called
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales.
You guys, I wholeheartedly
just love these books,
and I'm so excited to tell you
about them today. First of all,
I just want to tell you,
they are graphic novels,
and I'm a big fan of graphic novels.
I think there are a really great
way for kids to get information.
Obviously you don't want all their
reading to be graphic novels,
but graphic novels definitely have value.
And for kids who are dyslexic (like mine)
for some reason the visual aspect of
the graphic novel makes it easier
for them to consume the content.
So that's the first thing.
The second thing I would do
is tell you about the author.
His name is actually Nathan Hale,
and he is named after the spy that
was caught by the British who was then
executed by the British.
And just as a side note,
I feel a personal affinity because I
actually went to high school with him.
And he was an amazing artist then,
and he's an amazing artist now.
It's just a little side note. What I
love about these books is the science ...
The science ... The history
is rock solid. It's so good.
The first one is about the American
Revolution and the story of Nathan Hale.
And what happens in these books ...
And the first one sets up the kind
of the frame for all of these ...
is Nathan Hale's about to be executed.
And then he offers to teach
history through a big book.
And through teaching the history,
they decided to stay his execution long
enough that he can finish telling his
story, kind of like Arabian 1001 Nights.
And so the first one is all
about the Revolutionary War.
There are eight more books in the
series. I believe there are more to come.
I'm going to tell you about
the two that my kids ...
it's their personal favorites,
and then I'll tell you the rest.
One is called Lafayette.
It's the only other graphic novel in the
series that is also about the American
Revolution. And this is
of course about Lafayette,
the French men who came and helped
the Americans during the Revolution.
The other one is called the Underground
Abductor,and it's all about Harriet
Tubman. And those two Lafayette
and the Harriet Tubman are both ...
my kids really do love those.
But there are also books about ...
there's a book about World War I.
There's a book about World War II. There's
one about the Civil War, the Alamo,
and there is one about the
Donner party. And you guys,
this one is called Donner Dinner Party.
And here's what's really interesting.
It actually gives a warning about a
couple of pages to skip if you're extra
squeamish about the Donner Party,
you know, eating each other.
But I didn't find it very graphic at all,
which is ironic because it's a graphic
novel. It was done so tastefully [!],
and all of these books
are done so tastefully.
My kids are learning so much
history as they read these books.
And let me give you an example. This
is the WWI book, Treaties, Trenches,
Mud and Blood,
and WWI is a really confusing topic.
There's so many countries and so
many different things going on,
and everybody's aligning
themselves with different people.
And he's so cleverly been able to show
those distinctions between all the
different countries by assigning a
different animal to each country.
So for example, there's
one country that is lions,
and one country that's peacocks,
and one countries that that's bears.
And then as you're reading the book,
you're learning about the
different storylines that
these different ...the roles
... these different
countries played in WWI.
But you're looking at
different animals, you know,
dressed up in soldier costumes.
You know, look at that.
And so you're able to follow the plot
plot of WWI much better than if you're
just reading about different
countries. So guys, love, love,
love these history books. I can't
strongly recommend them enough.
If they sound like they'd be something
that'd be a good fit for your family,
go ahead and click on the
link up above, down below.
You know how this works and check them
out. I think you are going to love them.
I'm ToriAnn Perkey,
and I make these videos every week so
that you can be a successful and confident
homeschool mom.
