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Liz, Lenny, and Grandma are back for another time-traveling adventure. With the Fourth of July fast approaching, there's only one thing for them to do ...
Join the Boston Tea Party! With the help of Grandma's magic hat, the twins journey back to Boston in 1773. From powdered wigs and petticoats to Indian pudding and chamber pots, Liz and Lenny get a firsthand look at life in colonial America. But best of all they actually join the "Mohawks" as they dump tea into Boston Harbor and help begin the American Revolution. Diane Stanley once again blends humor and historical detail in this exciting second installment of the Time-Traveling Twins series. Featuring word balloons packed with comedy and lots of information, and Holly Berry's inviting illustrations, this book will make readers jump at the chance to join the twins as they learn about history by living it!Summary
Liz, Lenny, and Grandma are back for another time-traveling adventure. With the Fourth of July fast approaching, there's only one thing for them to do ...
Join the Boston Tea Party! With the help of Grandma's magic hat, the twins journey back to Boston in 1773. From powdered wigs and petticoats to Indian pudding and chamber pots, Liz and Lenny get a firsthand look at life in colonial America. But best of all they actually join the "Mohawks" as they dump tea into Boston Harbor and help begin the American Revolution. Diane Stanley once again blends humor and historical detail in this exciting second installment of the Time-Traveling Twins series. Featuring word balloons packed with comedy and lots of information, and Holly Berry's inviting illustrations, this book will make readers jump at the chance to join the twins as they learn about history by living it!Author Notes
Diane Stanley was born in 1943 and was raised in Abilene, Texas. She later attended both Trinity University and Johns Hopkins University.
Her portfolio of children's book illustrations was creative enough for her to begin publication in 1978. She became an art director for G.P. Putnam & Sons and later began retelling and illustrating classic children's books.
Stanley has revamped the fairy tale, Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter and has also researched the children's biographies Cleopatra and Leonardo Da Vinci. She also illustrated her mother's book, The Last Princess.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 1-4-Stanley's irrepressible Time-Traveling Twins embark on a new adventure, along with their grandmother and her dog, Moose. With the help of their spirited grandma and her magic hat, they are all transported back to colonial Boston to visit some ancestors and, dressed as Mohawks, the youngsters join in the excitement of the Boston Tea Party. Along with creating the drama of the rebellion, the author takes on the challenge of explaining its political and economic underpinnings using dialogue balloons to provide a sense of immediacy. The device is truly tested when the twins' colonial relatives chat about taxation without representation and other British abuses. However, although complex concepts are compressed, they are clearly presented in generally accessible vocabulary. Using a lighthearted cartoon style and an upbeat palette, Berry energizes the visual narrative with kinetic compositions and eye-catching perspectives. Her characters inhabit cozy, period interiors and roam Boston's quaint streets and harbor district. A large, simply presented map of the colonies and a comparison of aspects of daily life "then" and "now" decorate the endpapers. In addition, an author's note tells how the Sons of Liberty set in motion a series of events that ended with the founding of our nation. Young readers will enjoy the time travel, the colorful details of colonial life, and, of course, the derring-do of the Tea Party, while older readers will appreciate access to a humorous and painlessly informative introduction to an important chapter in American history.-Carey Ayres, formerly at Port Washington Public Library, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Diane Stanley's Time-Traveling Twins head for a second adventure in Joining the Boston Tea Party, illus. by Holly Berry. The date is 1773, and Liz, Lenny and Grandma hear Sam Adams speak and join the "Mohawks" in dumping tea into the Boston Harbor. Inviting illustrations as well as word balloons filled with humor ("I always thought tea came in little bags!") and information ("Women won't get to vote until 1920") should pull in aspiring historians. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
(Primary, Intermediate) On school vacation, Ms. Frizzle of Magic School Bus fame leaves the kids behind to take a time-travel trip to ancient Egypt. She canÕt seem to help teaching, though, as she leads a gaggle of her fellow tourists around the sights (and sites) of the Nile valley, including a step-by-step guide to mummification. This venture into history, presented in a larger format than the science-oriented School Bus books, is too diffuse and disorganized to be as effective as that popular series, but there is lots of information, detail-packed paintings, and sometimes frantic humor. Stanley and Berry keep things simple in their time-travel history book, with a compact cast (grandmother and two children) as participants in a single momentous historical episode. The soft contours and gentle colors of BerryÕs illustrations give the volume a younger look than the Cole-Degen collaborations, and the historical information is pitched low, but cleanly and accurately, as well. Although the dialogue balloons are transparently fact-packed (ÒSome of us are ordinary tradesmen, like the silversmith Paul Revere. Others are important men, like John Hancock, the richest man in Boston...Ó), the facts themselves add nuance and color (ÒHow much is the tax on tea, anyway?Ó...ÒThree pence per poundÓ). Ms. FrizzleÕs latest outing will recommend itself to browsers and Eyewitness Books fans; StanleyÕs more traditionally (and coherently) structured book is a natural classroom supplement as well as diverting independent fare for newer readers. r.s. From HORN BOOK, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
The time-traveling twins are off on their second adventure in this sequel to Roughing It on the Oregon Trail (2000). Liz and Lenny love to visit their grandmother-and her wonderful hat. When Lenny chooses a portrait of an ancestor, Grandma digs through some clothing to find the right costumes, puts her hat on her head, and the adventure begins. Suddenly they find themselves transported to wintry Boston of 1773. As they find Ben, the boy from the portrait, they meet his family and become immersed in colonial life-eating Indian pudding, using the outhouse, and talking politics over dinner. All the while, they learn about the conflict over British taxation and ultimately they participate in throwing tea into the harbor. As they return home, Grandma reminds the twins of the date and they realize that Ben has given them much more than a memory. In a combination of formats, Stanley narrates a standard text, while comic-style bubbles show dialogue. Facts are sprinkled throughout. Although this format is by nature difficult to follow, here most of the bubbles are read top to bottom and left to right, minimizing the problem. The twins are curious and ask many of the questions children today would want answered-"Hey Grandma, what is that pot under the bed for?" Their dog provides the comic relief in the story, with dialogue bubbles all his own. Berry's illustrations are wonderfully detailed, from the clothing and the cooking fire, to the busy street and harbor scenes. The endpapers give added information-the front is a map of the 13 colonies, the back a comparison of objects used in the 1700s and those used today for the same purposes (lighting, clothing, plumbing, etc.). This is as much about colonial days as it is about the Revolution-a great introduction, and an inspiration for further reading and research. (Picture book. 6-10)
Booklist Review
Gr. 2-4. In the second of their adventures, twins Liz and Lenny and their grandma go time-traveling again as they did in Roughing It on the Oregon Trail (2000). With Grandma's magic hat, the threesome ventures back to 1773 to join the "Mohawks" in the Boston Tea Party and learn about the people and the politics that led up to the Revolution. The story, narrated by the twins, offers first-hand details of colonial life--the dress, the lumpy beds, the noisy horse carts, the candlelight, and the chamber pots. The action is nicely enhanced by colorful illustrations, and the dialogue bubbles, blending historical tidbits with modern-day humor. An author's note gives a nonfiction account of the events, and the endpapers provide a map of Colonial America and a humorous comparison of everyday items then and now. Full of child appeal, this picture book offers children a light-hearted, introductory account of the times. --Helen Rosenberg
