Ryan Dunlavey

I loved Action Philosophers. That series helped me understand philosophy more than any other philosophy book actually. I was excited that the same team was making Action Presidents. While this is more for kids, adults can read this and take things from it too.

I really like how they show the pros and cons of Washington. I'm assuming they will do this for all four presidents they are doing. I also like the fact there is some super basic presidential information in this that most Americans need consent refreshers. I'm not that smart with politics, so simplifying terms in comic book format is better then reading some long opinionated newspaper article.

One of the cons of these books is they are less than 200 pages. They can't cover EVERYTHING. They do cover a lot of information. Some stuff might be missing. They won't be doing all the presidents either. As much as I'd like to see other presidents, they are only doing Washington, Lincoln, TR, and JFK. I still like the idea of this book.… (mehr)

I didn't like this as much as the first AP, but I still like it enough. I think the main reason I didn't like this was because of the Civil War. For some reason I'm not interested int he Civil War, probably because they spend so long teaching it in schools. Like the last volume though, I like that this brings up the pros and cons of Lincoln. The next book Is going to be a Theodore Roosevelt (my favorite president to learn about).

I should note these books will skip of some important facts, but that's kind of a given with most non-fictional comic books. I feel like the Thomas Jefferson part for Action Philosophers was a predecessor for this series, hence why he's not really in these books as much.

Also, you don't need to read Action Presidents in order. It might help chronologically, but this doesn't have a story.… (mehr)