Tricking the Tallyman (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780385755191)

Are kids interested in learning about the very first American census? Probably not. Do young readers clamor for stories set in the very, very olden days of the late 18th century? Uh, not really. Okay, but do they like nutty cat-and-mouse trickery, wacky slapstick, and animals disguised as people? You bet So let them have all that, and if they end up learning a thing or two about our country, its history, and the ways our government works, shhh . . . we won't tell

Tricking the Tallyman accomplishes the tricky task of showing kids the way the 1790 census was tabulated (or tallied) and how the country's new citizens came to understand (after much misunderstanding) how it worked to help them and the country. Excellent for classroom use or to put in the hands of bright kids with a taste for the quirky and irreverent, young readers may enjoy this story so much they might not even notice how much they've learned

Author: Jacqueline Davies
ISBN-10: 0385755198
ISBN-13: 9780385755191
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Language: English
Published: 01/07/2014
Pages: 40
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 9.80h x 7.80w x 0.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 129401 / Tricking the Tallyman

About the Author
Jacqueline Davies lives with her family in Needham, Massachusetts. Tallyman began with Davies' involvement in a school project about the national census.

S. D. Schindler lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.