Yes We Can: A Biography of President Barack Obama
By Garen Thomas
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The great American leader uses his voice to change history, alter politics, and bring hope of a brighter future to generations to come.
Born in the U.S.A., the son of an African father and an American mother, a boy who spent his childhood in Indonesia and Hawaii, Barack Obama is truly a citizen of the world. In kindergarten, he wrote an essay titled, "I Want to Become President," and now, with his fierce optimism, exuberant sense of purpose and determination, and above all, his belief that change can happen, Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the United States, has made that dream come true.
In Yes We Can, Garen Thomas takes us through the life of Barack Obama, from his struggle to fit in with his classmates, and concern about not knowing his biological father, through his term as an Illinois senator, and the long campaign for president, to his historic victory.
Garen Thomas
Garen Thomas worked as an editor in children's book publishing for more than a decade, editing numerous notable children’s picture books and novels, including Carole Boston Weatherford’s Caldecott Honor Book Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, illustrated by Kadir Nelson; Nelson’s We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball; and the Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue, by Julius Lester. She continues to act as a consultant and children's books editor on a freelance basis while working on her own writing and film projects. She holds an A.B. from Harvard University.
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Reviews for Yes We Can
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A basic but thorough introduction to young readers about a politician with a very interesting background and a historic present and future(President Obama???).
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Personal Response:I really liked this book. It gave a lot of information, but it was presented in an interesting manner and this was a quick read.School/Library Usage:This could be used within a unit or display about the American presidents.