The Young Patriot's Reader series is written for parents who wish to provide their children with an appreciation of America and its history from an early age. Ensuring that our children are taught the essential lessons of our history-in the context of liberty, natural rights, limited government, and free market capitalism-is just too important to leave to chance or the school system.The Young Patriot's Reader series will build your child's reading skills while instilling the pride and sense of responsibility he or she will need to "...secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity." The Declaration of Independence volume of the series celebrates: - American Exceptionalism - The vision of the Founding Fathers - Liberty and Freedom - Unalienable Rights - The sacrifices made by the Founders - The roots of the American Revolution...and the risks taken with "a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence "that we may now live in freedom.