ANTHONY’S STORY—An Adventure in History
Anthony, a twelve-year-old boy, travels into the past by stepping through the Picture Frame on his bedroom wall. Anthony walks on the moon with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, plays baseball with Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth, and crosses the Atlantic Ocean with Charles Lindbergh. He sees brave soldiers storm the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, and watches battle-weary Marines raise the American flag on Iwo Jima. He speaks with survivors of the Holocaust. He works in Thomas Edison’s laboratory and witnesses the invention of the phonograph, the light bulb, and the motion picture. He meets FDR and Doctor Jonas Salk, and watches them conquer polio and save future generations of children. He meets his great-grandfather at the turn-of-the-20th-century, and journeys with him to America: Together, they walk through the doors to America on Ellis Island, experience the trenches of World War I, the roaring twenties, and the breadlines of the Great Depression. Anthony is with his great-grandfather the day he becomes an American.
BEYOND ANTHONY’S STORY—Tools for Teachers
Readers can see, hear, and experience the things that Anthony did! Dozens of stunning full-page historical photographs illustrate Anthony’s journey through time. Anthony’s conversations with the people of the past are built on actual things they said. Each quotation is sourced for easy reference and a clear understanding of the speaker’s original context. Hundreds of interesting footnotes provide an additional dimension to the events Anthony witnesses. The footnotes also show links to related events. Fun to-do lists contain hundreds of books, movies, music, and places to visit that bring the events of the past alive and into the present day. All together, Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame is 225 pages with 82 photographs, 312 footnotes, plus recommendations for 461 books, 595 movies, 217 songs, and 155 places to visit!
WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?
Fun and challenging, this book is recommended for young adults in Grade 6 to Grade 12, age twelve and up. Adults will enjoy this book, too.
This book teaches the moral lessons of history: Anthony compares the people and events of the past with the people and events of his own time. What Anthony learns will challenge readers to think critically about what they see and hear in the world around them. Anthony's opinions prompt serious discussion of timeless moral questions. Anthony discusses the nature of good and evil, right and wrong, war and peace, what it means to be an American, honor and discipline, success and achievement, courage and destiny, God and purpose, events in his modern world, and much more.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael S. Class is an author and photographer. He lives in the present, but he is traveling into the future. When he was a child, Michael S. Class had the ability to slow down—and even stop—time. He especially liked to stop time on warm summer days, while lying on his back on a grassy hill and looking up at wisps of white clouds passing high overhead in the bright blue sky. He could make the day stretch itself out for what seemed like forever. If you are old enough, you may remember some summer days from your childhood that seemed to last forever. You can thank Michael S. Class for those.
Michael S. Class lost the ability to control time when he became an adult. Now, he moves forward in time at an ever-increasing rate, unable to stop time’s progress. But, he retains his fascination with time, and often dreams of time travel. He once dreamed of being able to bring the heroes of the past into present-day classrooms to teach children the lessons of history. Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame is the result of that dream. When you read Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame, you are in Michael’s class.
CONTACT THE AUTHOR
Michael S. Class
Magic Picture Frame Studio LLC
P.O. Box 2603
Issaquah, WA 98027-0119
E-Mail: class@MagicPictureFrame.com
Web Site: www.MagicPictureFrame.com
