The Founding Fathers!

By Jonah Winter, Barry Blitt (illustrator),

Book cover of The Founding Fathers!: Those Horse-Ridin', Fiddle-Playin', Book-Readin', Gun-Totin' Gentlemen Who Started America

Book description

In this eye-opening look at our Founding Fathers that is full of fun facts and lively artwork, it seems that Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and their cohorts sometimes agreed on NOTHING...except the thing that mattered most: creating the finest constitution in world history, for the brand-new United States of America.…

Shepherd is reader supported. When you buy books, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Why read it?

1 author picked The Founding Fathers! as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Winter, one of my favorite nonfiction authors, has written a witty, bracingly honest reference book about the smart, talented men who founded our nation (four became presidents). I like how the data about each one adds up to an interesting character sketch (a few details about James Madison: he weighed 100 pounds, enjoyed chess and horseback riding, and owned 108 human slaves, although he professed to be anti-slavery).

Young readers will come away with the understanding that our founders were not saints—they were imperfect human beings capable of greatness and weakness.

Want books like The Founding Fathers!?

Our community of 11,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like The Founding Fathers!.

Browse books like The Founding Fathers!

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in presidential biography, the Founding Fathers, and the American Revolution?