Liberty, Justice & F'Rall: The Dog Heroes of the Texas Republic

By Marjorie Kutchinski and Majorie Kutchinski

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571682279
• ISBN13: 9781571682277
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Age Range: 5 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 5

Customer Reviews

A fun way to teach Texas Independence

I'm a fourth grade teacher and have read this book to my class after/during teaching Texas Independence. Although it has some fictional elements, it makes history come alive through the eyes of Liberty (Sam Houston's dog). A GREAT extension to a students learning!

Every dog has his day in Texas!

Liberty, Justice, and F'rall is a fun historical novel about the dog heroes of the Republic of Texas. Liberty is the soft-spoken golden retriever/narrator owned by Sam Houston; Justice is a handsome, black labrador who faithfully attends Jim Bowie; and F'rall is their mutt of a pup. Liberty gives a dog's eye view of life with Sam Houston, from the time she was given to Sam by President Andrew Jackson, through the war with Mexico. I read parts of this book aloud to third, fourth, and fifth graders during their library storytime. My Texas accent finally came in handy! The waiting list for this book is longer than the number of weeks left in school, so I will be buying two additional copies. It's a fun, energetic look at the war for Texas independence, which, by the way, took only 18 minutes to vanquish Santa Anna's army.

Wonderful Children's Book

If you want your children to get into history this is a good start.The author is familiar with all the aspects of the fall of the Alamo and puts the story from the view of the dogs (named Liberty, Justice and Furall) that were owned by the main characters of the hitorical incident. The characters are easy and fun to follow for every adult that may read this wonderful and heartwarming story to their children. There is no political overtone, only a pivital hitorical event told from a different aspect.This book has been chosen by the Daughter's of the Texas Revolution to be sold AT the Alamo book shop!