We the Kids
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Illustrations and forword by David Catrow Paperback 32 pages; 11.0 x 9.6 in. Publisher: Puffin (April 21, 2005) ISBN: 00-14-240276-1 These brilliant and hilarious illustrations show the preamble as you never have never seen. The fun-filled twists of what these truths mean to kids also provide memorable visual clues to help students learn the Preamble to the Constitution. A long time ago some smart guys wrote the Preamble to the Constitution. You have probably read it before, but do you know what it means? And did it ever make you laugh? Now it will! Perfect for inspiring discussion in classrooms and around kitchen tables, this fun-filled and cheerfully illustrated look at the Preamble provides an accessible introduction to America's founding ideals for citizens of all ages. Includes a glossary of terms and a foreword by the artist. Catrow (She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head!), who doubles as a political cartoonist, writes in his amiable introduction, "When I paint my paintings and draw my cartoons, I can do them any way I want. Being able to do that makes me very happy and very free. And I think that's exactly what all those old guys with their big words and big ideas wanted," he says, referring to the authors of the Constitution and the liberty he enjoys as a result of their efforts. Following a casual glossary (e.g., "insure domestic tranquility" means "To make sure that we can all have a nice life and get along with one another"), he takes fresh liberties he uses the Preamble as text for spry, loopy cartoons chronicling three eccentric-looking kids and a spirited pooch on a backyard camping caper. The characters review a poster outlining rules for the evening ("establish Justice"); wearing a helmet and looking bored, the dog stands guard as the kids frolic in the tent ("provide for the common defense"). And everyone snuggles under a blanket ("and secure the Blessings of Liberty") while two parents survey the placid scene from a window ("to ourselves and our Posterity"). With his customary satiric flair, Catrow inserts plentiful tongue-in-cheek visuals: a saucepan bouncing off one child's head while she sits entangled in another child's rope hardly suggests "domestic Tranquility." This zany, patriotic paean offers kids lighthearted but meaningful incentive to reflect further on the relevance of those "big words" and "big ideas." --Publishers Weekly ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: Shannon Stewart is a poet and a children's author who lives in British Columbia, Canada with her husband and two children. All bad behaviors in this book are fictional, and any similarity to real events or persons is purely coincidental! David Catrow has twice been honored with The New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year Award. He is also a nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist.