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Shh! We're Writing the Constitution - Couverture rigide

Fritz, Jean

 
9780399214035: Shh! We're Writing the Constitution
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0399214038 ISBN 13 : 9780399214035
Editeur : Putnam Pub Group, 1987

Synopsis

Book by Fritz Jean

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Biographie de l'auteur

Acclaimed biographer, Jean Fritz, was born in China to American missionaries on November 16, 1915. Living there until she was almost thirteen sparked a lifelong interest in American history.  She wrote about her childhood in China in Homesick, My Own Story, a Newbery Honor Book and winner of the National Book Award.
     Ms. Fritz was the author of forty-five books for children and young people. Many center on historical American figures, gaining her a reputation as the premier author of biographies for children and young people.
     Among the other prestigious awards Ms. Fritz has garnered are: the National Humanities Medal, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Award. the Christopher Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Non-Fiction Award, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and many ALA Notable Books of the Year, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, and ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice Awards.
     She passed away on May 14, 2017.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Go behind the scenes at the Constitutional Convention, thanks to award-winning author Jean Fritz's words and illustrations by the incomparable Tomie dePaola!

This factual gem that's written with Jean Fritz's humorous touch chronicles the hot summer of 1787 where fifty-five delegates from thirteen states huddled together in the strictest secrecy in Philadelphia to draw up the constitution of the United States!


Includes a copy of the Constitution and those who signed it!

"An informative, interesting, and immensely readable account of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 . . . An excellent choice for introducing young readers to the complexities of the constitution."—School Library Journal

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Éditeur
Putnam Pub Group
Date d'édition
1987
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0399214038
ISBN 13 
9780399214035
Reliure
Relié
Illustrateur
DePaola Tomie
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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