What's Your Story, Paul Revere?

From the Series Cub Reporter Meets Famous Americans

  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 2

Paul Revere is famous for alerting the patriots to the approach of the British troops before the battles of Lexington and Concord erupted. Cub Reporter interviews Paul to uncover the whole story of Revere’s historic midnight ride. Learn how this American colonist inspired others with his achievements as a messenger, spy, and speaker. Readers will see how to use interviewing skills and journalistic questions to reveal the story behind a famous American.

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978-1-4677-9642-2
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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 2
Genre Social Studies
Copyright 2016
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2016-01-01
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS JNF007000, JNF007020, JNF025190
Dewey 973.3'311092
Graphics 1-color illustrations, Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 7 x 9
Lexile 640
Guided Reading Level P
ATOS Reading Level 4.4
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 180626
Accelerated Reader® Points 0.5
Features Bibliography/further reading, Fast facts, Glossary, Glossary words bolded within text, Index, Photo captions, Reviewed, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, Timeline, and eSource

Author: Krystyna Poray Goddu

Krystyna Poray Goddu has been a writer and editor for more than thirty years; her books include Dollmakers and Their Stories: Women Who Changed the World of Play, and A Girl Called Vincent: A Biography of Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, both middle-grade nonfiction. Her writing for children has also appeared in American Girl magazine. She reviews and writes about children’s books for Publishers Weekly and The New York Times Book Review. In addition to her writing and editing experience, she has worked in school libraries and taught writing to middle-school students in independent schools in New York City. She holds a degree in comparative literature from Brown University.

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Cub Reporter Meets Famous Americans

Cub Reporter is on a mission. He’s interviewing famous people from US history to find out what made them so special. Using classic journalistic questions—who, what, when, where, why, and how—he’ll uncover the story of how these people made a difference. Readers will join Cub… View available downloads →

Reviews

School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

“A whimsical approach to biographies sure to appeal to young readers.”—School Library Journal, Series Made Simple