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Summary
Rip, rip, stitch. Piece by piece, Betsy Ross creates the first American flag. This Level E book is perfect for early readers.
Simple, rhythmic text describes the creation of the flag--thirteen stripes and thirteen five-pointed stars. Easy enough for the earliest readers, this is a fun look at a beloved story. With clever rhymes and charming art, Betsy Ross is a celebration of American history and craft work.
Illustrator Megan Lloyd followed Betsy's example--ripping and dyeing and stitching to create cozy fabric scenes portraying the creation of this historic symbol. Hand-dyed fabric and careful embroidery makes this unique take on Old Glory stand out.
The award-winning I Like to Read series focuses on guided reading levels A through G, based upon Fountas and Pinnell standards. Acclaimed author-illustrators--including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors-create original, high quality illustrations that support comprehension of simple text and are fun for kids to read with parents, teachers, or on their own!
Level E stories feature a distinct beginning, middle, and end, with kid-friendly illustrations offering clues for more challenging sentences. Varied punctuation and simple contractions may be included. Level E books are suitable for early first graders. When Level E is mastered, follow up with Level F.
Author Notes
Becky White taught elementary school for five years before creating more than three hundred educational books. She lives with her husband in a windmill home in California, where she enjoys gardening and making books and movies for her grandchildren.
Megan Lloyd has illustrated many fine books for children, including "Too Many Pumpkins" by Linda White and "The Gingerbread Man" by Eric A. Kimmel. She lives on a farm in central Pennsylvania with her husband.
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
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Horn Book Review
Betsy ripped. / Rip, rip. / Seven rich, / Crimson strips. / Betsy clipped. / Clip, clip..." So begins this inventive, onomatopoeia-heavy introduction to Old Glory's creator. The text is geared to the youngest audience, but the appeal of the visual details in Lloyd's appliquid illustrations knows no age limit. A "Make Your Own Betsy Ross Star" activity is appended. Copyright 2010 of The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
A historical fable, told in very few words, prettily illustrated and rather wonderful in its elegant brevityexcept there is almost no evidence to support the Betsy Ross myth.The text is minimal and often rhymes: "Betsy ripped. / Rip, rip. // Seven rich, / Crimson strips." Betsy Ross is shown cutting and dyeing and pinning this country's first flag, with its 13 alternating red and white stripes and its blue field behind a circle of 13 stars. Lloyd has used fabric appliqu sewn and fused, stamping and stitching to make the illustrations, lovely in their simple graphic shapes and clean design. Her illustrator's note explains her fascinating process. An author's note simply says, "According to legend," and goes on to cite the stories of George Washington's pencil sketch for the first flag and Betsy's change of his six-pointed star for her five-pointed one but does not explain that there is no historical evidence for any of it. The Betsy Ross legend did not appear until late in the 19th century, nearly 100 years after the supposed events. Ross was, however, an upholsterer, and such folk did indeed make flags and other items. An appendix illustrates how to make a five-pointed "Betsy Ross Star" with one cut on a properly folded piece of fabric or paper.A bit of bibliography and a stronger admission that this is not history (or herstory) but legend would make this a stronger book. (Picture book. 4-7)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
This sparse, rhyming, nonfiction picture book depicts Betsy Ross making the first flag. From ripping and dyeing fabric to stitching on stars, each of the steps is depicted: Betsy snipped. / Snip, snip. / Thirteen stars. / Zip, zip. Lloyd uses snipped, sewn, and stamped fabric to create an applique effect that depicts not only details of the flag but of Ross as well. It is all very charming, though the interpretation it presents is basic, and an educator or parent might want to teach a bit of background first to add context. Thankfully, three educational notes conclude. The first is an author's note about how, according to legend, Betsy Ross was the creator of the first flag. Following that is a detailed illustrator's note explaining how the illustrations were created. Finally comes a craft: Make Your Own Betsy Ross Star. Pair this with Wil Mara's Betsy Ross (2005) for a fuller picture of this American icon.--Sawyer, Linda Copyright 2010 Booklist
