This book is all about the American Flag; it teaches how and why the flag was created, what its purpose is and why Americans use the flag. On each page, the book contains sections of very interesting historical and current information about the flag including the Pledge of Allegiance.

I love America, so I loved this book and all it has to teach about the flag. The author did a superb job, of not only rhyming the reading, but also by incorporating the boxed sections at the bottom of each page with excellent facts about the American flag, and not to mention the exceptional illustrations that flowed perfectly and flawlessly with the reading material. This is one informational book that I would highly recommend for anybody, whether teacher or parent, or just for personal learning of the American flag. This book would also be a nice companion to a history book when teaching younger students a history lesson on the flag of America as well.

My classroom project would be to get some big poster board and have each student draw the American flag and color it accordingly. Next, I would have my students use their best penmanship and write out the Pledge of Allegiance to glue to red construction paper, and then glue to the bottom of the flag, I would display these around the classroom and maybe even out in the hallway for more room. Another fun idea would be for snack time, I would have cut-up, prepared, strawberries (red), bananas (white), and blueberries (blue), to symbolize each color of the flag that the students learned about in the reading.

Nice overview of flag history and customs for young children. ( )