Review: If You Were Me and Lived In...Colonial America by Carole P. Roman, Sarah Wright (Illustrations)

Title: If You Were Me and Lived In....Colonial America

Author: Carole P. Roman

Illustrator: Sarah Wright 

Published: April 8, 2016

Pages: 66

Genre: Children ages 8 on up

Review: Paperback provided by author

Buy Links: Amazon, Amazon.uk 

Join Carole P. Roman and travel through time to visit the most interesting civilizations throughout history in the first four books of her new series. Learn what kind of food you might eat in Ancient Greece, the clothes you wore in 15th century Renaissance Italy, what your name could be in Elizabethan England, and what Colonial American children did for fun. If You Were Me and Lived in...does for history what her other award-winning series did for culture. So get on-board this time-travel machine and discover the world through the eyes of a young person just like you.

We received this book to give an honest review. 

In this book we get to learn how life was in Colonial America. It honestly seems like it was really hard living in this time period especially when you only lived in a one bedroom home with a lot of family members. K and I both learned some things that we never knew before such as how they made plaster and what they called it to what people wore. This book is very informative for children age but it is not boring. The illustrations are done great and go well with the story. 

It was nice to read how there were obstacles with the Americans that settled here and how they overcame them. 

Questions and Answers with K

1. Did you enjoy the book?

"Yes"

2. Did you feel as though you learned anything?

"Yes, I learned how they made their houses and how the grew food."

3. Do you think this book would be good to have in a classroom or library?

"Yes I think my teacher should buy this."

Award winning author Carole P. Roman is a former teacher turned businesswoman. She has successfully run a family business with her husband that employs close to five hundred people. Her most favorite job is being grandmother to her many grandchildren. Roman has two wonderful sons and hit the jackpot in the daughter-in-law department. She currently lives on Long Island with her husband.
Her first book, Captain No Beard - An Imaginary Tale of a Pirate's Life has been named to Kirkus Reviews' Best of 2012 as well garnered the star of remarkable merit. It was named in the Pinnacle Award for Best in Children's Fiction 2012. Captain No Beard has developed in a series of 6 more books. She is the author of the best selling book, I Want To Do Yoga Too. Currently, she is working on her educational series that explores different cultures from a child's point of view. If You Were Me and Lived in...Mexico, received the Pinnacle Award for Best in Children's non-fiction 2012. If You Were Me and Lived in...Kenya received 5 Stars from the ForeWord Clarion Review. She just completed Russia with the help of her five year old grandson and loved every minute of it.