Bones in the White House: Thomas Jefferson’s Mammoth by
Candice Ransom, illustrated by Jamey Christoph.
PICTURE BOOK Doubleday Books (Random House), 2020. $18.
9780525646075
BUYING ADVISORY: EL
(K-3) – OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL:
AVERAGE
Thomas Jefferson always had a
curiosity for bones and fossils.
Jefferson was convinced that a mammoth was still alive somewhere in the world
and went to great lengths to collect bones to form its full skeleton. Eventually enough bones were gathered, and it
was constructed and displayed.
What an
interesting side story to Thomas Jefferson’s history. I loved the illustrations and the font is artistically
arranged. There is an author’s note at
the back that gives more history behind the mammoth’s skeleton. Unless you have a real fossil lover, the
story isn’t very engaging beyond the basic idea that Jefferson believed there
was a mammoth still roaming the earth.
Reviewer,
C. Peterson
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