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K-3Ready-to-Read: Childhood of Famous Americans series.
Illustrated by
Bert Dodson
&
Bert Dodson.
In this entry in a series that fictionalizes a childhood incident that affects the subject's future life, young Paul Revere forms a bell-ringing club that teaches him about rules and responsibility. The fictionalized dialogue is irritating ("Why should our parents have all the fun?"), but the topic of club-forming has perennial appeal and both text and art are simple and clear.