1. Study all of the full-page illustrations. Make a list of how they are similar. Then, make a second list of how they are different.

2a. Choose one of the full page illustrations that you think is particularly eye-catching. In several sentences, explain why.
 
 
 

2b. Next make a list of all the "things" included in the picture.
 
 

2c. Predict basic personality/disposition:
 
 

2d. After completing Parts B and C, read the accompanying biography and record the significance of each item.
 
 

2e. Assess the accuracy of your prediction.
 
 

3. Both Krull (the author) and Hewitt (the artist) use humor to give us a sense of who this person really was, beyond the accomplishment(s) that got him or her into the book! Choose any person and record, specifically, the humorous element and explain why it is funny.
 

Humorous element	Explanation of why it is funny

4. How do you think Krull and Hewitt choose which presidents (or artists or writers or musicians or athletes or women) to do full illustrations and biographies for?