Reviewer: Marilyn Rondeau
Reviewer for www.historicalromancewriters.com
Chicopee, Massachusetts

It was with great pleasure that I was given the chance to read and review on what I consider to be an impressive argument for using the tools this generation has at it's disposal to help our younger generation get more out of the time spent in a class room. It is also an attempt to enlighten the bureaucracy of the educational world that there just might be a better way using a better tool to educate our children.

Where am I coming from? Admittedly, I am not an educator, but a great lover of books who now that my school days are long past is not forced to read a book. I read for the pure joy of the written word, for an author to come and dazzle me with written words that engages me emotionally is rare. To be able to give that kind of joy to a young person, simply by engaging their visual awareness is to my mind a great gift! Not only do I find that Ms. Kirschenbaum makes a very eloquent and visually impressive argument in a text book that is so visually satisfying and well thought out, but were I part of the upper echelon of the educational bureaucracy, I would make this book required reading for all educators. She proves through actual interaction with her students the enthusiasm and attention given to assignments and papers presented in color and illustration versus the standard black and white text. More importantly, she gives the reader a feast for their eyes with lavish illustrations to bring home her point. Kirschenbaum presents a marvelous case that asks us what with computers and their vast abilities to reproduce graphics, fonts, etc. in living color and this younger generation totally acclimated to videos, DVDs and graphic imagery, why then are we still trying to teach them to read in black and white?

This impressive and lavishly illustrated book should be shared with any teacher you know, and with any parent you know whose children are in school. This effort by a most dedicated teacher should be applauded, praised and looked at with an eye for gifting young minds with the joy of reading, learning and understanding.

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