Yes We Can: A Biography of President Barack Obama

Yes We Can: A Biography of President Barack Obama
by Garen Thomas

Yes We Can: A Biography of President Barack Obama
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Author: Garen Thomas
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-12-12
ISBN: 0312586396
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Book Reviews of Yes We Can: A Biography of President Barack Obama

Book Review: Why the Children?
Summary: 2 Stars

Why are there so many books about Obama for children? I don't recall George W. Or William Clinton having so many children's books written about them. This is over indulgent. I have nothing against President Obama and wish nothing but the best for him and his family but please leave my children alone. It's not necessary to paint President Obama as a mythical figure. Yes, he's accomplished a good deal but much history is still waiting to be written. I would prefer that my children learn about Obama from the same objective point of view that my wife and I have learned of him. These children's books are not objective in the least and they do not paint a real picture of the struggle that President Obama has had do endure or will endure in the future. Frankly, I do not see the need to target children. It makes me truly question the author's intent!

Summary of Yes We Can: A Biography of President Barack Obama

THIS IS OUR MOMENT

?This is our time?to put people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth?that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope; and where we are met with cynicism and doubt, and those who tell us that we can?t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.?

            ? President Barack Obama, Acceptance Speech; Chicago, IL; November 4, 2008

Born in the U.S.A., the son of an African father and an American mother, a boy who spent his childhood in Indonesia and Hawaii, Barack Obama is truly a citizen of the world. In kindergarten, he wrote an essay titled, ?I Want to Become President,? and now, with his fierce optimism, exuberant sense of purpose and determination, and above all, his belief that change can happen, Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the United States, has made that dream come true.

Garen Thomas takes us through the life of Barack Obama, from his struggle to fit in with his classmates, and concern about not knowing his biological father, through his term as an Illinois senator, and the long campaign for president, to his historic victory.

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