Tuesday, November 1, 2011

John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith

Reviewed by Miss Dewey at Orenda


Five paw prints.  What a fun book!  This book "explains" about important people and important events during Colonial America in relation to the American Revolution.  First, we learn about the young lives of John, Paul, George, and Ben (oh, we learn about Tom too, but he's too INDEPENDENT to be part of the title) and how they became important men as adults.  Then we learn the "real" story of why these men are important.  Finally, there is a test to see if you were paying attention to the story.  Don't worry, it's a fun test that should be easy.  Have I mentioned this is a fun book?  I love American history, but I realize many people think history is boring.  If more people read books like this, I bet they would look for more books to help them understand the silly fiction from the fun facts.  To find more books by Lane Smith visit, http://www.lanesmithbooks.com.  Oh, if you decide you want to be like Paul Revere, bell clubs are still popular and there are plenty of bell clubs in town.
E Smi

76 comments:

sam r 4p said...

I liked this book because it was very funny,and paul revear.

Morgan R 4P said...

My favorite part of the book was when they introduced George and Ben.

Marc C 4P said...

I did not like this book because it was to old and I do not like old books

Jolene P 4P said...

My favorite part of this book was when Paul had to shout loudly to hear himself talk. It was really funny.

Ethan T 4P said...

This book is a really good book. I like that it is about 4 old famous people as kids. I think this book is ok...... it is one of my favorite books.

Jordanf 4p said...

My favorite part of this book was when gorge cut down the apple tree but he really cut all the trees down .I like gorge the best.

Megan K 4P said...

My favorite part of this book was when they talked about how George was so honest.

Emily D. said...

My favorite part of this book was when I learned about all of the boys John,Paul,George and Ben.

Billy B. 4p said...

I didn't like this book because,it was about school and I don't like Presidents.

Jacob M said...

My favorite part was when George choped everything up with his hatchet.

Evelyn Z said...

I didn't like this book because it didn't have bright pictures.

Jacob D 4p said...

I didnt like this book because i like mystery and action books.

Jason O' P-4 said...

My favorite part of this book was when Goerge was honest that he cut down the trees and his dad was proud of him because he was honest and didnt punish his.

Shruti M. said...

My favorite part of this book waswhen the story talked about Johns huge signatures that he wrote in school.

Anonymous said...

I LIKE THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT TOLD ME ABOUT HOW THERE CHILDHOOD WAS.

Cassidy p 4p said...

My favorit part was when he was in the bellring club and he did it all the time and it gt stuck in his head and it botherd him even when he was at work and he could not get the bell ring out of his head that was funny.

Lauren K. 4p said...

My favorite part of this book was how John wrote really big.I also like how they each did different things to be a presadent.

Haley M said...

My favorite part of this book was when somebody said SHUT YOUR BIG YAP.

Tommy m p4 said...

My favorite part of this book was when paul rides his horse into town to whorn the people of the red coats.

Yves S. 4Weeks said...

I like this book beacaus it funny.

Tiffany P. 4 Weeks said...

My favorite part of this book was when Jhon Handcock wrote his name across the whole board.

June.T. -- 4We said...

My favorite part of this book was when everyone told Ben to shut his mouth!

Chris s.4We said...

I'm not a pesedent learner so it was not interesting to me at all.

Bryan W 4We said...

My favorite part was when Paul yelled "One extra large underwear coming up"

ClareD 4WE said...

My favorite part of this book was when Jhon rang the huge bell.

Olivia B 4We said...

My favorite part is when John Handcock wrote the biggest name on the Decloration of Independance.

Lauren P. 4-We said...

My favorite part of this book was when paul saved the town by saying 'The Red Coats were coming.Nobody thought he was right but he was,everybody loved him.

Kyle.M.--4We said...

My favorite port of this book was when george copt down the the tree.

Sebastian 4WE said...

I didn`t like this book because it didn`t tell a lot about Paul , John , George , and Ben.Well like their the main chararcters ,come on.I think there should be a little more describing about the main characters.The book is good ,but it should have a little more shazam.Thats only my opion.

brian 4-we said...

George cut down the giaer tree and
then he was honest oubet it then he cut down all of the giaer trees.

Lara.F.--4We said...

I like this book because it was funny when Gorge cut down all the trees.

Peter H.--We said...

My favorite part was when George
choped down a whole orchard.

Sophia H. 4K said...

I didn't like this book because it wasn't very interesting and it wasn't all that funny.

Gavin S 4K said...

I liked this book because George Washington was very funny.

Clarissa R 4k said...

It is a funny and happy book but my favorit part is the part is when george cut down all the trees.

Clarissa R 4k said...

It is a funny and happy book but my favorit part is the part is when george cut down all the trees.

Katelyn L. said...

My faverite part of this book was when Paul rang the bell and it dameged his ears so bad that at his job he would not be quiet.

Ally M. 4K said...

my favorite part of this book was when the citizins said SHUT YOUR BIG YAP to jhon,pual, gorge, and ben.It was halarious!!!!

Joe E 4k said...

I liked this book because I thought it was funny.

Jack D 4K said...

I liked this book because I thougt it was very FUNNY!:P

Lucas M 4K said...

My favorite part was when the loud person ,Paul,yelled extra large underpants at the lady.

JordanW 4K said...

I liked when Ben made up those sayings. I also liked it when Paul was yelling ''The Redcoats are coming !''

Lilly F 4K said...

I liked the part when Ben said "SHUT YOUR YAP!!!"

Sara.C said...

I like this book because when they showed bensriddles and his jokes.

Patrick M. 4WH said...

I did not like this book because it had boys insted of men

jaylen j 4wh said...

My favorite part of this book is when paul tells all the people whats happening.

Joseph D 4WH said...

My favorite part of this book was when George was rining the bells at the bellclub.

grace m.4wh said...

I liked this book because i like funny books and this book is funny.

Anonymous said...

I didn't like this book because it didn't have anything funny,clubs,and it had history.

Mike .O said...

I liked this book because when paul was in the store he was screaming out random things because he was in the bell tower so long.

Luke J 4Wh said...

My favorite part of this book was when Gorge said he cut down the tree.

Trevor C 4Wh said...

I didn't like this book beacause it wasn't realistic,and I don't really like old books.

Niloufar S 4Wh said...

My favorite part of the book was Paul because he had to shout so loud to even hear his own voice.That was funny.

Kevin D 4Wh said...

I did'nt really like this book because it was very old and it was kind of boring.

Isabella H. 4WH. said...

My favrite part of this book was at the end when i fould out that most of the funny things were true.

Christian S. 4k said...

I did not like this book because it was short and I do not like short books.

Abby T. 4k said...

I liked this book because they were yelling really loud and it was funny.

Lucas K 4K said...

I though it was a thumbs down because it was confusing to me.

Jack P. 4k said...

I liked this book because I liked when John Handcock wrote big and it was a very funny book and i think lots of people will like it!

Aliyah M 4K said...

My favorite part of this book was when it showed Bens Riddles and when he could not hear because of the bell tower.

Avery M 4k said...

My favorite part of this book was
When Greorge was in the belltower and his ears went bonkers and when he was trying to talk but insted of talking he yelled but he really did not have a choice with all the noice in his ears and his eardrooms must have been clooged with at the ding ding dongs.

Zac C. 4K said...

I liked this book because its really funny and I liked when they started to interduce paul and George becaus in george's real story he only cut down one tree but in this story he cuts down all of his dad's trees I really liked this story.

Casey5J said...

Good book ,explains history with twist!

BrendenT 4P said...

I love the part when Gorge cut down a tree and was honest to his dad.

Abby JS 4P said...

My favorite part of this book was when all the towns people told Ben to shut up. Funny!!!!!!!!!!

Bailey W 4 P said...

My favorite part of this book was when Paul was shouting alot because of the bells.I liked that part because it was funny!!!

John C. 4P said...

I liked this book because,it has good humor like when Paul shouted to everyone.It is very funny.Tom is not mentioned on the cover because he is an independent man.

preston m 4p said...

I liked this book because they had funny ilistrations

Jessica R. 4P said...

My favorite part of this book was when Gorge Washington chopped down all the cherry trees on his family farm.

Alex L 4P said...

My favorite part of this book was when John wrote his name realy big it was funny because every ones name was smaller than his.

Brynna.S 4P said...

My favorite part of this book was when John wrote his name realy big it was funny because every ones name was smaller than his.

Abby A S said...

My favorite part of the book was when Gorge Washington chopped down the cherry tree.I liked that part because he was honest about it.

Evan Y 4p said...

I liked this story because it had history in it.It was also funny.

Brenna C 4P said...

My favorite part of this book was Ben Franklin giving advice because it's good advice and is so funny.

Isabella Iacone R. said...

My favorite part of this book was when Paul was screaming when he was talking.

sydney H. said...

I like this book it was funny.