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Jean Fritz (1915–2017)

Autor/a de And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?

65+ obres 34,123 Membres 269 Ressenyes 11 preferits

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Jean Fritz was born in Hankow, China on November 16, 1915. She received a bachelor's degree in English from Wheaton College in 1937. She wrote picture books and historical fiction before focusing on historical nonfiction. Her first book, Bunny Hopewell's First Spring, was published in 1954. Her mostra'n més other books included And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?; Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?; Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?; Shh! We're Writing the Constitution; Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold; Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?; Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock?; The Double Life of Pocahontas; and George Washington's Mother. Homesick: My Own Story, a collection of linked narratives, traces her life from her girlhood in China to her longed-for yet uneasy passage to America. It won a National Book Award and was named a Newbery Honor Book. She received the Regina Medal by the Catholic Library Association, the National Humanities Medal, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award and the Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature for her body of work. She died on May 14, 2017 at the age of 101. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

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Obres de Jean Fritz

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (1973) 2,924 exemplars
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution (1987) 2,744 exemplars
The Cabin Faced West (1958) 2,395 exemplars
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? (1976) 2,140 exemplars
Homesick: My Own Story (1982) 1,700 exemplars
George Washington's Breakfast (1969) 1,484 exemplars
Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! (1991) 1,385 exemplars
Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? (1976) 1,269 exemplars
The Double Life of Pocahontas (1983) 1,239 exemplars
The Great Little Madison (1989) 1,160 exemplars
George Washington's Mother (1992) 815 exemplars
Brady (1960) 779 exemplars
Early Thunder (1967) 548 exemplars
Make Way for Sam Houston (1751) 431 exemplars
Why Not, Lafayette? (1999) 411 exemplars
Stonewall (1979) 405 exemplars
Leonardo's Horse (2001) 401 exemplars
Alexander Hamilton: the Outsider (2011) 293 exemplars
Champion Dog Prince Tom (1958) 194 exemplars
The Lost Colony of Roanoke (2004) 194 exemplars
Fish Head (1951) 192 exemplars
The World in 1492 (1992) 192 exemplars
China's Long March (1988) 180 exemplars
Brendan the Navigator (1674) 178 exemplars
The Man Who Loved Books (1981) 120 exemplars
China Homecoming (1985) 86 exemplars
I, Adam (1963) 50 exemplars
Surprising Myself (1992) 29 exemplars
San Francisco (1962) 26 exemplars
How to Read a Rabbit (1959) 22 exemplars
So This Is Spring! (1954) 17 exemplars
Magic to Burn (1964) 17 exemplars
Bunny Hopwell's First Spring (1954) 17 exemplars
Back to Early Cape Cod (1981) 6 exemplars
121 Pudding Street (1955) 4 exemplars
Appearances 3 exemplars
The Train (1965) 2 exemplars
The Late Spring (1957) 2 exemplars
Surprise Party (1965) 1 exemplars
Home sick 1 exemplars

Obres associades

The Perilous Road (1958) — Introducció — 998 exemplars
The Big Book for Peace (1990) — Col·laborador — 817 exemplars
Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh (1991) — Introducció — 432 exemplars
Winter Danger (1954) — Introducció — 181 exemplars
The Buffalo Knife (1952) — Introducció — 172 exemplars
Flight (Make it Work! Science) (1995) — Introducció — 147 exemplars
Flaming Arrows (1813) — Introducció — 112 exemplars
Worlds of Childhood: The Art and Craft of Writing for Children (1990) — Col·laborador — 87 exemplars
Open Your Eyes: Extraordinary Experiences in Faraway Places (2003) — Col·laborador — 41 exemplars
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 7, March 1978 (1978) — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars

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Kids’ chapter book set in China a Name that Book (octubre 2018)
Children's chapter book about kid on the Yangtze a Name that Book (febrer 2013)

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A spunky biography of an influential American.
 
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sloth852 | Hi ha 10 ressenyes més | Mar 25, 2024 |
Short, fun book that lands somewhere between historical fiction and biography.
 
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mslibrarynerd | Hi ha 11 ressenyes més | Jan 13, 2024 |
Ann Hamilton's family has moved to the western frontier of Pennsylvania, and she misses her old home in Gettysburg. There are no girls her age on Hamilton Hill, and life is hard. But when the Hamiltons survive a terrible storm and receive a surprise visit from George Washington, Ann realizes that pioneer life is exciting and special.
 
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PlumfieldCH | Hi ha 15 ressenyes més | Dec 27, 2023 |

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Obres
65
També de
13
Membres
34,123
Popularitat
#559
Valoració
3.9
Ressenyes
269
ISBN
510
Llengües
6
Preferit
11

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