The Interactive Constitution: Explore the Constitution with flaps, wheels, color-changing words, and more!

by David Miles, Albert Pinilla (Illustrator)

Overview

Discover our democracy's central document is this fun and interactive book with flaps, wheels, color-changing words, and more!

A 2021 Notable Social Studies Trade Book (NCSS-CBC)

Finalist, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards: The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book

Explore the U.S. Constitution like never before! Amazing interactive features like color-changing words, flaps, wheels, and a special vocabulary decoder help kids learn about types of government, checks and balances, the Bill of Rights, the amendment process, and more! There's never been a better way—or a more important time—to discover the world-changing importance of this powerful founding document.

“In cheery infographic-style illustrations and chatty but succinct prose, Miles and Pinilla have boiled down the basics of the U.S. Constitution without shortchanging history or legal tradition….Both history geeks and casual students should easily ratify this one.”—Publishers Weekly 

From the Book:

The Constitution is a special document that was written in 1787. It explains how the United States governement should be set up. It also explains the purpose of that government and how it should protect the freedoms of the people. The Constitution is one of the most important documents ever written in the history of the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781733633529
Publisher:	Bushel & Peck Books
Publication date:	10/22/2019
Series:	The Interactive Explorer , #1
Pages:	16
Sales rank:	115,469
Product dimensions:	10.10(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

David Miles is an award-winning author and illustrator of over 40 books for kids. In 2013, he was the General Business Outstanding Graduate from BYU's Marriott School of Management, and in 2018, he was named a Publishers Weekly Rising Star Honoree. Some of his books include Book, the Lit for Little Hands series, Allegro, and But First We Nap. David loves history and grew up near Gettysburg, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. He lives in Fresno, CA with his wife and son.

Albert Pinilla is a freelance illustrator based between Barcelona and Finland. He has worked for many publishers and companies including Editorial Casals, Editorial Sàpiens, Diset S.A, Goula, Editorial San Pablo, Descobrir magazine, Namaka Magazine, Editorial Mi Cuento, P/A/N magazine, Capçalera magazine from the Association of Catalan Journalists, Davos Comunicación S.L, La Agencia de Publicidad S.A (Spain), Hannacroix Creek Books, Bookworks, Highlights Magazine (USA), Petit Dimoni Magazine (France), Headu Giochi (Italy), Igloo Books (United Kingdom), Schildts & Söderstrströms (Finland) and Akotek (Norway).

Editorial Reviews

11/25/2019

In cheery infographic-style illustrations and chatty but succinct prose, Miles and Pinilla have boiled down the basics of the U.S. Constitution without shortchanging history or legal tradition. While touch-and-feel approximations of parchment and the like feel a bit young for the recommended age, the rest of the interactive features are fine examples of information engineering, like the Advent calendar–style pull-up flaps that reveal every U.S. president and a key quote, and a preamble “decoder” that translates the Founders’ highfalutin’ prose into everyday speech (“tranquility” becomes “peace”). The final pages, devoted to the Bill of Rights and constitutional amendments, strike a particularly fine balance between brevity and detail. Both history geeks and casual students should easily ratify this one. Ages 8–12. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly: In cheery infographic-style illustrations and chatty but succinct prose, Miles and Pinilla have boiled down the basics of the U.S. Constitution without shortchanging history or legal tradition. While touch-and-feel approximations of parchment and the like feel a bit young for the recommended age, the rest of the interactive features are fine examples of information engineering, like the Advent calendar–style pull-up flaps that reveal every U.S. president and a key quote, and a preamble “decoder” that translates the Founders’ highfalutin’ prose into everyday speech (“tranquility” becomes “peace”). The final pages, devoted to the Bill of Rights and constitutional amendments, strike a particularly fine balance between brevity and detail. Both history geeks and casual students should easily ratify this one. Ages 8–12. (Oct.)

Named a finalist in the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards: The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book (Children's/Young Adult)

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