《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 3-5Fifteen "mini reports" each feature a topic related to the Westward expansion: explorers and trailblazers, trappers and traders, Native Americans, buffalo, etc. Most topics are treated in a double-page spread, illustrated with cartoon drawings and ending with a number of silly, subject-related riddles: "Why can't a buffalo dance?" "He has two left feet." Two-to-four titles or magazine articles for further reading appear at the end of each spread. Coverage is uneven; some spreads are so brief that they provide merely an encyclopedic overview. A slight book that will be of limited use, except possibly as a read-aloud for sparking student interest.Rosie Peasley, Empire Union School District, Modesto, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
Minimal information about Western subjects, including Native Americans, buffalo, and the Pony Express, is delivered in lackluster prose. Each double-page spread contains silly cartoons and, absurdly, a selection of topical jokes, which are often generic ('What two things couldn't Annie Oakley eat for breakfast?' 'Lunch and dinner') and more often simply fatuous. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《书目》(Booklist)书评
Gr. 3^-5. It's the jokes and riddles that will attract kids to this light introduction to the history of the West. On each double-page spread, there's a quick overview of a subject--from trappers and traders to Native Americans and cowboys--along with a few cartoons, a group of riddles, and a list of one or two books for further reading. The prose is pedestrian and the history clearly oversimplified, but teachers will welcome the humor as a way to get kids relaxed and listening. --Hazel Rochman