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The Interactive Constitution

Explore the Constitution with flaps, wheels, color-changing words, and more!

David Miles Albert Pinilla

9781733633529
16 pages
Bushel & Peck Books
Overview

Discover our democracy's central document is this fun and interactive book with flaps, wheels, color-changing words, and more!

A 2021 Notable Social Studies Trade Book (NCSS-CBC)

Finalist, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards: The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book

Explore the U.S. Constitution like never before! Amazing interactive features like color-changing words, flaps, wheels, and a special vocabulary decoder help kids learn about types of government, checks and balances, the Bill of Rights, the amendment process, and more! There's never been a better way—or a more important time—to discover the world-changing importance of this powerful founding document.

“In cheery infographic-style illustrations and chatty but succinct prose, Miles and Pinilla have boiled down the basics of the U.S. Constitution without shortchanging history or legal tradition….Both history geeks and casual students should easily ratify this one.”—Publishers Weekly 

From the Book:

The Constitution is a special document that was written in 1787. It explains how the United States governement should be set up. It also explains the purpose of that government and how it should protect the freedoms of the people. The Constitution is one of the most important documents ever written in the history of the world.

Author Bio

David Miles is an award-winning author and illustrator of over 40 books for kids. In 2013, he was the General Business Outstanding Graduate from BYU's Marriott School of Management, and in 2018, he was named a Publishers Weekly Rising Star Honoree. Some of his books include Book, the Lit for Little Hands series, Allegro, and But First We Nap. David loves history and grew up near Gettysburg, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. He lives in Fresno, CA with his wife and son.

Albert Pinilla is a freelance illustrator based between Barcelona and Finland. He has worked for many publishers and companies including Editorial Casals, Editorial Sàpiens, Diset S.A, Goula, Editorial San Pablo, Descobrir magazine, Namaka Magazine, Editorial Mi Cuento, P/A/N magazine, Capçalera magazine from the Association of Catalan Journalists, Davos Comunicación S.L, La Agencia de Publicidad S.A (Spain), Hannacroix Creek Books, Bookworks, Highlights Magazine (USA), Petit Dimoni Magazine (France), Headu Giochi (Italy), Igloo Books (United Kingdom), Schildts & Söderstrströms (Finland) and Akotek (Norway).