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Gr 1–4—The inimitable Kalman brings her wit, wisdom, and beautifully unique artwork to one of America's most complex founding fathers: Thomas Jefferson. A thinker, a gardener, a writer, a statesman, and so much more, Jefferson cultivated many interests and pursuits. His ability and need to balance the cerebral with the physical is evident in how he lived, the advice he gave, and the friend...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

On the cover of this striking picture book biography, Jefferson poses proudly in the foreground with his celebrated home standing on a hill in the distance. The book begins without so much as a cursory exposition of his childhood as Kalman launches into Jefferson's life at Monticello, positioning the estate both as the birthplace of his expansive intellect and as a context in which to consider his greatest achievements and failures as a statesman, patriarch, and slave owner. A series of spreads, with Kalman's familiar primitivist rendering and chromatic brilliance, deta...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Kalman's colloquial, occasionally arch, and whimsical narrative is heavy with historical import and dotted with trivia about Jefferson's life at Monticel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More