A picture book of Simo´n Boli´var

I, myself enjoyed this one and have found it useful to read to a class and then using the book as a tool to start discussions. The illustrations are quite good, but for the age they are intended for, the lack a certain amount of action which the kids like. Most of the children enjoyed the book being read to them and then talking about it, but few of the children ever check this one out to take home to read. As I said, the illustratios are great and the text follows the illustrations quite well, there just is not enough action to attract the attention of the young ones. This is a useful too though.

I think this book is excellent in drawing the picture about how much this South American means. More than a hero, and resemblance to George Washington is an inspirational character for children. Javier Florez (Newark, NJ)

"The George Washington of South America". Such comparisons are usually not pertinent. This one, and with this book, it is. It is, because Simon Bolivar would have liked it himself. He carried with him, always, until his last moment, the Yorktown medal of George Washington, with his miniature picture and a lock of his hair, given to him by Mrs. Washington via the General / Marquis Lafayette, the French hero of the American War of Independence. So this marvelous book brings Simon Bolivar to the hands and imagination of USA children and some adults! The man that with the help of Britain, personified in the mostly Irish British Legion, liberated six nations of South America. The man that conceived the union of the American Sub-Continents. With exquisite drawings, not always accurate but always kind and nice to look at, this beautiful book is a great homage to diversity in the Americas, and to the fact that success flows in both directions.