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32 pp.
| Capstone
| April, 2009
|
LibraryISBN 978-1-4296-3730-5$15.99
(4)
K-3
Pebble Plus series.
Black-and-white family photographs of a young Barack Obama are the highlight of this otherwise unremarkable biography of the forty-fourth president. Intended for an audience of young emergent readers, the language and facts are very basic ("Barack saw many poor people in Jakarta. Their struggles made him sad," "Leading the nation wouldn't be easy. President Obama was ready for the challenge"). Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind.