Review I Want to Be a Soldier displays the variety of a soldier's life. The book begins by informing readers, "Soldiers must be strong, brave, honest and loyal to their country." Next come recruitment, training, and skills like shooting and parachuting. Oddly, the first specific job depicted is a musician in a military band. Only after readers meet a medic and UN peacekeeper do they find a soldier in an armored tank: "They patrol a dangerous area." The last picture shows an excited boy-and-dad reunion. The series, of course, focuses on the upbeat, but its books may still provoke discussion. (Ilene Cooper Booklist Editors Recommend 2012-05-26) Read more About the Author Dan Liebman is the author of many books on a wide range of topics, including numerous books for children. A long-time editor of trade and educational books, he is a specialist in plain language for both young and adult readers. Read more
S**Y
A good book to go with the "I Want To Be
A good book to go with the "I Want To Be..." series and some of the kids can relate to it because they know someone who is in the military.
J**S
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Soldiers are Heros in the 2000's Many of my student's parents are in the military. Some want to be a Soldier
J**G
I want to be a soldier book
This book is very interesting for kids and has amazing photographs inside that really bring the story to life. Great Job!
A**A
Decent
Decent book showing several jobs in the military; good for preschoolers interested in all branches of the military.
R**S
Perfect for highscope preschool
Shows equality among men and women. Reading is simple enough and photographs capture the attention of four year olds. Meets highscope criteria.
M**S
Very simple, very good
This book is appropriate even for very young children. It will make a great impression especially for the children of warfighters; this book will make them very proud of mom and dad. All children can look up to and admire our U.S. fighting forces.Good photographs in this book, and LARGE ones to hold children's attention.Well done.
E**G
Don't hurt your target audience
I borrowed this book to read it to a kid who loves everything military. In the interest of disclosure, I have to say I do not. After reading it I decided it was ok to read it to him. But I'm not so sure anymore.There is a film with the exact same name as this book. Yet the film is a terrifying story of an 8 years old who lives in a violent murder fantasy, yet looks perfectly normal to those around him. And the book is for 8 yr olds too. So can the book, in any way, contribute to create monsters like the one in the film?I believe that anything related to war -particularly when directed to kids- must state the dark side of it, in a language adequate to a young audience. The National Geographic Kids Everything Battles -a slightly more advanced book- does just that by, for example, soberly discussing "what is victory?" in simple words. There's nothing of that sort in I Want to be a Soldier. Their war is bright and clean. A kid reading it would assume that military operations are a close equivalent of a picnic in camo apparel.So maybe I should not have seen that film. Even better, I should not have read this book to that kid.
K**E
Why no "I want to be a Marine" books?
Why don't they have one entitled, "I Want to be a Marine"? Sorry, I can't buy the 'Soldier' one and remain in a Marine Corps family. Please don't tell me it's not a big thing, because it really IS a big thing to Marines!
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