librarianryan 's review for:

The Story of People: A first book about humankind by Catherine Barr, Steve Williams, Amy Husband
3.0

This book is interesting, however I can think of at least 10 reasons why it will either get banned, or not purchased at all. Example, illustrations that show nudity, or semi nudity, when referencing America, the references are all bad, while other countries or skipped over or praised, the fact that it believes in evolution, etc. I personally find nothing wrong with the story, but it very much reminds me of a little kid standing in front of a classroom telling his friends how people were created. It’s the way the book flows. Happy thing, sad thing, happy thing, scary thing. While personally I don’t mind this book, and wouldn't care if someone objected to it, I wouldn’t buy it for my library collection because better books on the same topic exist.