George Washington's Mother - Couverture rigide

Fritz, Jean

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0448403854 ISBN 13 : 9780448403854

Editeur : Grosset & Dunlap, 1992

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Acclaimed biographer, Jean Fritz, was born in China where she lived until the age of thirteen. She tells her story in Homesick, My Own Story, a Newbery Honor Book.

     Ms Fritz is 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 prestigious awards Ms. Fritz has garnered are: a medal from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture, a Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, an American Book Award, a Christopher Award, a 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. 

Présentation de l'éditeur

Everyone has a mother. Even George Washington! This book is an enjoyable introduction to our nation's first president with a look at the mother behind the man - Mary Ball Washington.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grosset & Dunlap
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0448403854
• ISBN 13: 9780448403854
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Disalvo-Ryan Dyanne
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible