The Great Chicago Fire of 1871

This is agraphic-story approach to retelling of the history of the Great Chicago Fire. It is one of multiple titles by Capstone Press aimed at making history accessible while accurate. It is vetted by history/library experts. Back matter includes additional text-only bulleted notes, glossary, intern......more

Fire always scared me as a child and gave me nightmares, so I'm still undecided whether I will keep this one or not because I don't want that to happen to the kids. As far as the book goes, it's a pretty tame retelling of the history, so if you have a child (maybe ages 10+) that's interested in this......more

Great graphic novel to teach young elementary school kids about the fire. Graphics are great and the information is just enough to give the facts but not overwhelm. Barely any detail on the cause or suspected causes. They reference the cow but don’t go into any further detail about what might have h......more

Loved it.......more

Could have been much more clear but two pages of facts in the back were choice info.......more