Making History: The Obamas
This set is a comprehensive introduction to the Obamas, America's first African-American First Family. Kid-friendly biographies of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama--along with information about Barack Obama's family tree--will provide a background and context for his historic election. Readers will also love the exciting, high-interest details about Malia and Sasha Obama and the family's new life in the White House. Full-color photos and fun, fact-filled chapters make these books an excellent resource for students eager to learn more about the Obama family and about American history.
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Series Review: Making History: The Obamas"In creating this unbiased, lively portrait of Barack Obama and his family, von Zumbusch divides content that normally would comprise a single book into four mini-biographies...this series about an American whose achievements are compelling and unprecedented is colorful, well designed, and accessible."
--School Library Journal
Book Review: Barack Obama's Family Tree
"This small, square book in the Making History: The Obamas series introduces kids to Barack Obama's complicated family tree. Introducing Obama as a child born in Hawaii, the book moves on to his maternal grandparents and then his mother, an anthropology student, whose interest in other cultures was a factor in her relationship with Kenyan-born Barack Obama Sr. A page devoted to Obama senior's marriages and children is bolstered by a family tree. It is the color photographs throughout that will lure kids in, and they'll be encouraged by the large typeface. Perhaps the most striking layout is the simple photo of Obama with his Kenyan relatives, which has the feel of any good family photo: friendly, open, and inviting. A glossary is appended."
--Booklist
