Books in Chester the Crab's Comix with Content series

Who was the first colonist to lead a major rebellion against the English crown? Who put down the "Whiskey Rebellion?" Who stood up to Thomas Jefferson's attempt to manipulate the courts? "Founding Fathers" shows readers four fascinating founders of the America we live in today. This full-color and funny comic is a great way to excite a reluctant reader in history!

The complicated ideas behind the United States Constitution are described through adventure heroes! John Locke describes our rights in a state of nature from his perch on a vine as lord of a jungle. John Peter Zenger tests freedom of speech as a mild-mannered journalist from another land. Thomas Jefferson erects a statue for religious freedom, separating church from state. Finally, the writing of the plan for our government is told as a quest to build a new starship for Captain Washington, Mr. Madison and George "Bones" Mason. This funny, colorful graphic novel will excite reluctant readers, prepare students for standardized tests in history and help homeschooling parents!

The end of the American Civil War is not the end of the conflict between Northern states and Southern states. The battlefield shooting is over, but the political arguments over civil rights go on, sometimes with new violence between whites and black citizens. It is a confusing and dark time as Americans try to put their broken nation back together. The lessons learned (and missed) in the Reconstruction Era will affect American history for another 100 years. This colorful graphic novel will excite reluctant readers, prepare students for standardized tests in history and help homeschooling parents!

Which famous American dropped out of school so she could nurse her sick brother for two years - by putting leeches on him to drain his blood? Who was arrested for voting for a president? Who was a wanted woman in the South with a $40,000 bounty on her head? Meet Clara Barton, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony and Helen Keller in this funny, colorful graphic novel that will excite reluctant readers, prepare students for standardized tests in history and help homeschooling parents!

Most adults agree that one goal of social studies education is to build better citizens. Chester can help! The four chapters in this graphic novel turn political theory into funny and active visual examples, from forming a new government on an alien planet to passing a law to power bicycles with solar energy. This colorful graphic novel will excite reluctant readers, prepare students for standardized tests in history and help homeschooling parents!

Chester the Crab's Heroic Folk connects early American folk heroes to the storytelling that students practice in the classroom today. Johnny Appleseed shows how folk tales grow from real people, Davy Crockett promotes himself with vivid imagery in his language and John Henry's story covers the literacy terms character, setting, and plot. It's all full-color fun for visual learners!

Here are the high points in the battles of the American Revolution: John Paul Jones on the sea, the Battle of Saratoga, the Battle of Monmouth, the hit-and-run fighting of Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion, and the Battle of Yorktown. But it also highlights the role women and blacks played in George Washington's military campaigns against the British. This funny, colorful graphic novel will excite reluctant readers, prepare students for standardized tests in history and help homeschooling parents!

America was founded on the ideas practiced by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Follow Chester the Crab as he helps a runner in the Olympics, visits a theater with Poseidon, goes to war with Alexander the Great, enlists in the Roman legion, builds an arch for an aqueduct and outraces the lava flowing from Mount Vesuvius! This funny, colorful graphic novel will excite reluctant readers, prepare students for standardized tests in history and help homeschooling parents!

Chester the Crab takes you on a trip through the ancient and powerful African kingdoms of Egypt and Mali in this look at cultures that have contributed a lot to the diversity of modern America. See how trade bound these Africans to other Mediterranean societies. And then watch as European sailors begin dealing with African slave traders to send millions of people against their will to North America in "The Middle Passage." This colorful graphic novel will excite reluctant readers, prepare students for standardized tests in history and help homeschooling parents!