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| Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope | 
 enlarge | Author: Nikki Grimes
Creator: Bryan Collier
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (15 reviews)
Sales Rank: 596
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Library Binding
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 48
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 10 x 0.4
ISBN: 1416971440
Dewey Decimal Number: 328.73092
EAN: 9781416971443
ASIN: 1416971440
Publication Date: August 26, 2008
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Product Description
Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of Hawaii to the streets of Chicago, from the jungles of Indonesia to the plains of Kenya, he has held on to Hope. Even as a boy, Barack knew he wasn't quite like anybody else, but through his journeys he found the ability to listen to Hope and become what he was meant to be: a bridge to bring people together. This is the moving story of an exceptional man, as told by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Bryan Collier, both winners of the Coretta Scott King Award. Barack Obama has motivated Americans to believe with him, to believe that every one of us has the power to change ourselves and change our world.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Powerful and Moving November 16, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I loved Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope. It is powerful and moving. As I read the book to my 3 year old daughter, I cried tears of joy for Obama's presidential victory. The book is poetic but basically is a biography, which is undoubtedly based on Obama's book Dreams from my Father. It is not for children as young as 3 but she will grow into it. I like that this book gives children and introduction to their new president and gives them some background as to his road and struggles to the White House.
Hope is what we want for children November 14, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I scanned the pages of this book in the bookstore, saw one illustration that made me wonder if the book was more religious than I'd like, but I bought for my grandson anyway. At home the first thing I did was check the Amazon price. The average customer rating was a dismal 2.5, but I noticed a curious thing: all reviews were either 1 star or 5 star--nothing in between. How odd! Might something other than objectivity be at work here?
So I read each review, then actually read the book I'd bought. My professional opinion, as an editor for 44 years and a writer of 11 published books, is that this book is well written. It's attractively illustrated. The message is one of hope, with the religious reference one tiny part of the whole. The vocabulary is suited for children, including my grandson, almost 7--although the parental reader might gloss over a word such as "tenement" or explain it, along with the metaphor of Barack's studying in the shadow of Pali's Peak, the Hollywood sign, and Langston's Harlem. Glossing or explaining are age-appropriate decisions that grownups make all the time. Best of all, in only 38 pages (75 percent illustration), and with the story-within-a-story device effectively adopting the perspective of a fictional child having a dialogue with his mother, this book lets children glimpse the life of our next president from his childhood on.
Chris Roerden
 So Bad It's Good November 10, 2008
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is so bad it's good. I'm a liberal Obama supporter who happened across this book as I was buying some books for my 3-year-old. I could not believe what I was seeing. This s*#% is so ridiculously over the top that it is laugh-out-loud funny.
I have a good friend who is very conservative but with a wicked sense of humor. I'm about to move across the country, and I'm going to leave a copy of this on his doorstep on my way out. I'm sure he'll appreciate it, particularly after a few beers.
I am so Disappointed! October 25, 2008
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
I was so excited to see a picture book version of Obama's life, and knowing the work of Nikki Grimes, I ordered the title without hesitation. What I received was very disappointing. The narration was saccharine, almost to the point of being a story about someone whom I did not know. The Illustrations were also very disappointing.
I felt the book, overall, gave an unrealistic picture of a wonderful man, and was, ultimately, not suitable for young readers. I will wait for something better written and illustrated for this age group to come along.
Deification of Obama October 23, 2008
7 out of 16 found this review helpful
A friend and I saw and went through this book in a store. We could not believe it. It portrays Obama as Messiah, Obama as deity. And the presentation is to children. Yep, the illustrations are, indeed, beautiful. The message: over-the-top brainwashing. Of children. This book represents the unquestioning society and hero worship. The book is beautiful, and sickening.
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