This account written for children is “a very fine piece of historical reclamation that broadens our understanding of the road to revolution.” ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review) America’s Tea Parties: Not One But Four! is the first nonfiction picture book to ever share that New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston each had their own tea party that took place around the same time as Boston's. America's Tea Parties provides background on the English taxation on the colonies, with emphasis on the people who stood up for their rights against the tyranny of the British as ships from the East India Company pulled into their harbors. It explains the Stamp and Tea Acts, the larger social and political issues that the colonies were having with England, why it was crucial that these tea parties happened, and the revolution that the tea demonstrations led to. This well-researched, eye-catching, entertaining, and informative volume is filled with archival illustrations and is great for primary research and as a read-aloud. It will surprise social studies classrooms, shake up US history curriculum, and delight American studies fans as New York, Boston, and Charleston finally join Boston in tea party fame. Award-winning and bestselling author Marissa Moss describes in detail the resilience and determination of the peoples of all four colonies. America's Tea Parties comes complete with a timeline, a bibliography, a fully searchable index, and an author's note that explains exactly how the author found this incredible little-told story of the tea parties that changed American history forever. “Moss . . . delves into America’s past, digging beneath the veneer of textbook accounts to reveal nuanced, lesser-known angles of a historical event.” ― Publisher's Weekly “. . . The historical accounts are expertly told, and readers will be easily drawn in... A great purchase for supplementing American Revolution curriculum units.” ― School Library Journal “A quality resource for educators and students looking for an in-depth perspective of early America’s tea troubles.” ― School Library Connection Gr 5-8-Though most students are familiar with the story of how patriots poured tea into Boston Harbor to protest the tax, they may not be aware of the stories of similar tea protests in other colonies. Moss explores four different cities (Boston, Charleston, New York, and Philadelphia), describing how anger over the taxes on tea helped fuel the American Revolution. The historical accounts are expertly told, and readers will be easily drawn in. The author explains why the tax was initially put into place and then moves through the events surrounding the selling of tea. Primary documents that include letters, advertisements, maps, and newspaper articles are interwoven. VERDICT A great purchase for supplementing American Revolution curriculum units.-April Sanders, Spring Hill College, Mobile, ALα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. **STARRED REVIEW** "A very fine piece of historical reclamation that broadens our understanding of the road to revolution."― Kirkus “Moss ( Barbed Wire Baseball ) again delves into America’s past, digging beneath the veneer of textbook accounts to reveal nuanced, lesser-known angles of a historical event.” ― Publisher's Weekly "... The historical accounts are expertly told, and readers will be easily drawn in... A great purchase for supplementing American Revolution curriculum units."― School Library Journal "This book is a quality resource for educators and students looking for an in-depth perspective of early America’s tea troubles."― School Library Connection Marissa Moss is the bestselling author of the Amelia series, Barbed Wire Baseball , and Nurse, Soldier, Spy . She lives in Berkeley, California.