Mom-Mom's Review
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When I was about 12 years old my family moved to a farm in northern Merryland, very rural and isolated. Somebody had left behind some books and with nothing else to do, I picked up one and began to read.
The title of the book was "Mr. Revere and I" and today I checked and know now that I am NOT nuts. It is listed at Amazon and was written by a Robert Lawson.
Lordy but I loved that book. It was but a skinny thing but the premise amused me for hours. It was written by Mr. Paul Revere's horse and I dunno, his name might have been Liberty.
This is not quite the same premise as the Rush Revere book. Rush Revere was not Paul Revere and Rush's horse did NOT write the book. However let us all know now that Rush was NOT the first to come up with a book idea involving Paul Revere and a horse.
Which is not a criticism in any way. Just a bit of musing serendipity about a book involving a talking horse and a look back in time that delighted me so much when I was about Kaitlyn's age.
Kaitlyn LOVED this book. She would often squeal out loud with delight as she read. I can't describe the sound of a child loving a book….what a great sound. This was not surround screen or a first screening or a new TV show. THIS WAS A BOOK!
Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims is a story of a substitute teacher who, with the help of a talking and time-travelling horse, went back in time to witness various aspects of the voyage of the pilgrims to America.
Though aimed for young adolescents, the book is quite educated and the tone does not "talk down" to its young audience. The story tells of the ill-fated "SpeedWell" that preceded the Mayflower in its infamous crossing. As the characters travel through time they get to meet the pilgrims and watch life in the 1600's as it bitterly unfolded.
Readers were introduced to a friendly Indian named Squanto and a couple of rascally boys named Billington. All of the characters in the time travel meetings are genuine and really existed during the time of the pilgrims.
I found the book to be quite humorous and was a compelling read. I began it with some reluctance as part of an experiment with my granddaughter. I figured it would be boring but my adult self enjoyed the book as much as Kaitlyn!
If you have children between the ages of 8 and 14, BUY THIS BOOK!
Then be sure to read it yourself.
KAITLYN's review.
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Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims is a story about time travel. It takes place during the time of the pilgrims and the present. Characters include: Liberty (Rush Revere's talking horse), Freedom, (a girl student), Tommy, (a boy student, a Rush Revere, (a substitute teacher), William Bradford (Pilgrim leader).
I really enjoyed the part where Tommy and Liberty were talking about the "poop" deck. I liked the pictures, they were nice too. I also liked that Liberty is always getting into trouble. It was funny when Liberty stepped on Elizabeth's phone.
I would recommend this book to everybody.
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My kids love this book. I was reluctant to get it when my husband said he heard about it but he was convincing and it was the right call. I personally would give it 4 stars because I dislike some of the negativity that often seems to creep into books (like the boy talking about his inner "nerd" because he likes science and the discrepancy between him playing on the football team but enjoying intellectual/academic pursuits as well). Just isn't necessary in my opinion. But my 5yo girl and 7yo boy love it so much it doesn't seem fair to deduct a star. Even my 3yo is interested because there's a talking horse and occasionally silliness (like the horse snotting on a guy and another fella getting puked on- I know but that's what keeps them interested). We also appreciate the visual presentation. The pictures are great. Beautiful color and some have descriptions which my kids like. I'm glad we bought the hardcover. I haven't seen any other version so I can't say if it's substantially different but the hardcover version is very visually appealing.
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