Pledge of Allegiance in Translation: What it Really Means

Explains the Pledge of Allegiance in a way kids can understand, with the primary-source document side by side with the explanation. Also includes context and Why Should You Care? feature. Ages 8 to 10 AUTHOR: Elizabeth Raum has written over two-dozen nonfiction books for young readers, including a biography of Louis Armstrong for Capstone Press. Over the years, she has worked as a middle school and high school English teacher, an elementary school librarian, and a college library director. Elizabeth Raum has written many nonfiction books for children. Two of her Capstone You Choose books, Orphan Trains: An Interactive History Adventure (2011) and Can You Survive Storm Chasing? (2012), are Junior Library Guild selections. Elizabeth lives in Michigan with her husband, Richard. SELLING POINTS: ? Timely Topics: With politics top of mind, this is a great way to introduce historical events to kids and classrooms ? Lots of extras to support the translation including photographs, charts, glossary, maps, facsimiles of real documents