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Action Presidents #1: George Washington!


Action Presidents

School year: Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8

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No. of pages 128

Published: 2020

Great for age 7-13 years

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A delightful, educational spin on historyand plenty of jokes, saidSchool Library Journal. Sheer joy,praisedBooklistin a starred review. Finalist for the2019 Excellence in Graphic Literature Award in Middle Grade Nonfiction U.S. history comes to life like never before in this full-color graphic novel! We all know that George Washington was our first President and a hero of the American Revolution. But did you also know that he didnt want to be president, never thought he would fight in a war, and had teeth so bad that he hated to smile? Wimpy Kid meets the Who Was... series in these hilarious new graphic novelswhere the history is real and the jokes are fakefromNew York Timesbestselling comic book author Fred Van Lente and award-winning cartoonist Ryan Dunlavey. Historically accurate and highly entertaining, Action Presidents bold and hilarious comic-style illustration is perfect for curious minds, filled with timelines, maps, charts, and more, readers will keep learning until the last page.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Action Presidents .

This book is aimed at children at US 3rd grade-7th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published in 2020 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Fred Van Lente is a multifaceted writer whose award-winning body of work includes "Iron Man," "The Fantastic Four," "Action Philosophers," "Incredible Hercules," and "The Silencers. "Mort Todd, formerly editor-in-chief of Cracked Magazine, worked with Mad Magazine legend Don Martin. He has successfully launched and created original series such as "Monsters Attack!" and "Protoplasman" while running his own company Comixflix. John L. Lansdale has written for "Jonah Hex" and has collaborated with his brother Joe R. Lansdale on numerous occasions, including other "Tales From The Crypt" comics. Jim Salicrup, Editor-In-Chief of PAPERCUTZ and former EIC of Topps Comics, worked for 20 years at Marvel as Editor of "The Uncanny X-Men" where he oversaw the Jean Grey/Phoenix saga. He also collaborated with Todd MacFarlane on the best-selling Spiderman #1 and has worked on titles ranging from "The Lone Ranger," to working as the writer and voice of "Stan Lee's Evil Clone. " He is on the board of trustees of the New York Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (Mocca). Steve Mannion is an accomplished comic book illustrator, writer, and inker. He has written and illustrated "The Bomb" miniseries for Atom Bomb Comics as well as "Nuestrasiva Zorka. " Past work includes "Batman: Gotham Knights," "Captain America," and "Detective Comics. "Chris Noeth is a German-born artist who started out as a video game designer before moving to working simultaneously in comics and gaming. Asides from "Tales From the Crypt," he is currently working on "It Came from Beneath the Sea. Again!" as well as teaching at the University of Applied Sciences in Wuerzberg, Germany. Rick Parker has worked as a writer, colorist, inker, and penciller throughout his impressively prolific career in comics. Past titles include "Captain America," "The Amazing Spiderman," "Daredevil," "What If?," "The Toxic Avenger," and numerous other highly successful books

 

This book is in the following series:

Action Presidents

This book features the following character:

George Washington
George Washington was American general and commander in chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolution (1775–83) and subsequently first president of the United States (1789–97).

"Sheer joy. Van Lente and Dunlavey launch a new middle-grade series featuring, as the cover proclaims, 'Real history! Fake jokes!' The blurb, however, does no justice to either the density of historical facts or the breathless pace of the humor."--Booklist (starred review)