Who was Tomas Jefferson
By Dennis Drindell Fardin
And cover Art by Nancy Harrison

Tomas Jefferson is pictured on U.S nickels. He is also portrayed on the giant Mount Rushmore sculpture in South Dakota. The Jefferson Memorial is a popular landmark in Washington D.C. Jefferson City, Missouri, and Mount Jefferson in Organ are among the many places named for him. Why is Tomas Jefferson honored in all of these ways?
He wrote a Declaration of independence. This paper announced the birth of the United States in 1776. Its stirring words, such as “all men are created equal, “ have inspired people for more than 225 years.
Jefferson was a giant in many fields. University of Virginia campus people called in Mr Man moth because he collected Prehistoric bones and his book collection became the core of the library . Congress Despite his many public triumphs Jefferson's private life loads often sound his wife Martha died at the age of only 33 only two of Thomas and Martha six children live to adorable Jefferson also felt guilty that he didn't live by his own words the man who wrote all men are created equal owned hundreds of slaves and toward the end of his life the former president landed deeply in death this is a true story of a man with many sides Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson was born in 1743 on his family's Plantation Chevron and Central Virginia Virginia was one of the 13 Colonies belonging to Great Barton by the calendar use them his birth date was April 2nd by today's calendar his birthday was April 13th Tom came third in the family of 10 children two of the children didn't survive in fantasy sometime grew up with two older sisters and four younger sisters and younger brother the babies of the family and Anna and Randolph were twins little is about Tom's mother James Randolph Jefferson heart more is known about his father Peter Jefferson was a prosperous farmer who owned dozens of slaves. Young Tom saw his father was the smartest and the strongest man on Earth it was said that Peter Jefferson wants race two barrels of tobacco that had been lying on their side to an upright position each Barrel was said to wait nearly 1,000 pounds he also loved books and read Shakespeare and other authors in his spare time Tom had cousin's named Randolph who lived in Eastern Virginia Mr and Mrs Randolph died Within a few years of each other after that Tom's parents helped raise the three round of children Thomas first memory of living to his cousins hurt about 15 miles away when he was two. If you want to here what happens then you will have to read the book this is a non-fiction book and the book is 103 pages long i can't tell you if i would like to change the end cuz it was a wonderful end and my favorite character is Tomas Jefferson.

This was a quick and easy read for my second grade class. They really enjoyed reading more about the Revolutionary War, and seeing it from a different side. Reading "Who Was George Washington?", they saw the Revolutionary War from a soldier's point of view. Reading about Thomas Jefferson gave them insight into the political side of the war. It helped to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the most important event in our country's history.

The book “Who Was Thomas Jefferson?” by Dennis Brindell Fradin was an amazing and interesting book. I wanted to know what Thomas Jefferson did besides being a president. That is why I chose this book.


In the book “Who Was Thomas Jefferson?”, it stated that Jefferson was born in Shadwell, Virginia. He was in a family of eight. Jefferson was actually involved in the First Continental Congress (occurred after the Boston Tea Party), which was a meeting discussing the war. Those are some important events of Jefferson’s life.


I enjoyed reading this book a lot. Like all of the books in the “Who Was…” series, it had pictures, which help visual learners immensely. It was worded so that the book wasn't hard to read, which helped a lot too. If I could change this book, I wouldn't change it at all, since I liked the book how it was. That is why I chose this book.


As you can see, I enjoyed the book “Who Was Thomas Jefferson?”. I would recommend it to middle school students who like history and biographies. This book was very easy to read, yet it had a lot of useful information (some of these events are in my social studies test!). That is why I would strongly recommend this book.

I like many others who had read this book, quickly learn that the author has not only taken literary license to embellish many of the things about Thomas Jefferson, but some of the information purported to be fact is simply false. This obviously brings the entire content into question for any reader. If you want to learn about Jefferson, get a book by a reputable author that has been historically verified. This book went right into our garbage can for the next generation. I just hope libraries across the country have a file 13 for this book as well. Shame on you Dennis Brindell Fradin!

This is a great children's book about a really questionable man. I think Fradin does a really good job of exposing the questionable in a kid-friendly way. We listened to the audio version on our way to visit Monticello. My kids definitely picked up on the fact that Jefferson fathered slave children...and then KEPT THEM AS HIS SLAVES. He technically kept his promise to Martha to never remarry, but he violated the spirit of that promise pretty intensely. He seduced (or did he take advantage of?) a 14-year-old slave who was his dead wife's half sister. Yeah, my kids caught all of that. And they should. They should know the truth about someone who is held up as a pristine pillar of goodness and democracy. And then they walked the grounds of this slave owner who was allegedly opposed to slavery...and they couldn't reconcile that, because it's irreconcilable.

But thanks for the Declaration and the library, Thomas.

Dont remember much cause I read it last year

The name of my book is, Who Was Thomas Jefferson. The setting of my book is in the county of America and part of the book takes place in France. The main character in my book is Thomas Jefferson. The genre of my book is nonfiction. The author of my book is Dennis Brindell Fradin. The story starts when an infant name Tom Jefferson is born. Jefferson's father dies when Jefferson is only 14 years of age and Jefferson was pretty much dead inside when he heard the news. On 1772 Jefferson married his first wife. But only 10 years later did Jefferson,s wife die from an illness. Then Jefferson moved to France with his oldest child. Then a few years months later he decided he wanted his other daughter to b with him. So he had one of his slaves take Jefferson,s daughter to France. In France Jefferson decided to make the slave that brought his daughter to France a house slave. Then soon after that he married the slave and had six children with her. Later Jefferson and his children moved back to America. Many years later Jefferson Wrote the Declaration Of Independence. Then after that he became the U.S. president. He later died in 1826. I rate the book 3 out of 5 stars because it was not very entertaining and didn't have as much action as I thought it would.

I appreciated that the history wasn’t white-washed and painted him as a perfect type hero. There were some definite ugly decision and life choices brought to light. Lots of conversations with my son while reading together.

Read aloud that was another part of our American Revolution Unit Study.

It was really good. It taught me so much about Jefferson and how he lived. I recommend this book to anyone that does not know about Thomas.

A great way to learn history when you don’t have much time! I was much moved by his last days on Earth, while he kept asking “is it the 4th (July)?” And finally held his breath on early morning of 4th July. It just showed so much the man loved his nation and devoted to the nation.

Fradin did excellent work communicating Thomas Jefferson's governmental work in Virginia; his excellent writing skills; his witty inventions; his farming; his correspondence with others; his governmental work with the Continental Congress and the United States of America.

Fradin did fail on communicating Thomas Jefferson's heritage by continuing the lie of him having children by a slave. This was his only flaw, but a huge one. It was very disappointing! DNA has proven Sally's children were that of Thomas Jefferson's uncle and it is so disappointing that he would include such wrong data in an otherwise excellent work. I recommend just stapling these pages together if you have the hard copy as the rest of the book is outstanding.

Kevin Pariseau did an excellent job narrating this book. It was a joy to listen to his voice.