Chronicle Books Her Right Foot

This is the best children’s book I have purchased in a long time. It’s a little long and very informative, but written in such fun, easy going prose that my young kids (5 & 8) don’t get bored by it at all. I even learned a few things and I used to live in NYC! And the art is just fantastic! I am picky about kids books I buy instead of borrow from the library, and I think this is a must-own. Before reading it, I was a little concerned it would be “political” and even as a moderate conservative I didn’t find it to be so (although others may disagree) and furthermore, politics shouldn’t play a role in the symbolism of the Statue of Liberty and the main principle our nation was founded on — FREEDOM! The lesson of the book is that freedom is a principle of action, which I love. Lady Liberty is so anxious to help others be free that she has to meet them at the sea to welcome them! I was emotional by the end reading it to my kids and just felt so proud to be an American! I’d love for this duo to write and illustrate more informative books for kids because this one is excellent.

Dave Eggers digs into the Statue of Liberty in Her Right Foot. He looks at the designing and building of the statue and its significance to immigrants. He specifically looks at the right foot of the statue and how it stands and what that stance means.Shawn Harris used construction paper and India ink to create his illustrations. They complement the text well and show children details they might otherwise miss.There is no problem with adding Her Right Foot to a k-12 Christian school library. It is on the Land of Enchantment list for the 2019-2020 school year.I borrowed a copy of Her Right Foot from my library. This is my honest review.

Funny, fact filled book that is now a family favorite.

This book, written for children, will educate and entertain the adults who read it aloud to them as well.

Loved!This is a good, solid, and long hard cover book. I homeschool and decided to add this to our curriculum for my first grader who was studying the statue of liberty.Maturity wise, he was probably a little young to full grasp the entire idea behind the story but he found the facts interesting and it helped to open up a discussion about how we all came here, the poem by Emma Lazarus, and how America started.I was hesitant about political agenda being pushed through the book, but overall, I was pleased with what we saw. I included pictures of the three of the most "political" pages within the book for reference.