On April 18th at 9:30 p.m. Paul Revere learned that the British Army was marching toward Lexington and Concord to arrest rebel leaders. At 5:20 the next morning, a shot rang out and the American Revolution had begun. Told in a step-by-step account of the 24 hours leading up to the battles that sparked a revolution, this tale is sure to both inform and entertain
Dennis B. Fradin Boeken
Dennis Fradin staat bekend om zijn nauwgezette onderzoek, oog voor detail en zijn vloeiende, sierlijke proza. Zijn productieve carrière omvat bijna 300 non-fictie boeken voor kinderen en jongvolwassenen. Fradin put inspiratie uit zijn jarenlange onderwijservaring, waarbij hij jonge leerlingen boeide met verhalen. Dit verteltalent was cruciaal voor de start van zijn fulltime auteurschap, wat leidde tot een reeks boeken over de Verenigde Staten.
Stolen into Slavery
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The true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in upstate New York, who was kidnapped in 1841 and spent 12 years as a slave on deadly Louisiana coastal plantations.
Ben Franklin was the scientist who, with the help of a kite, discovered that lightning is electricity. He was also a statesman, an inventor, a printer, and an author-a man of such amazingly varied talents that some people claimed he had magical powers! Full of all the details kids will want to know, the true story of Benjamin Franklin is by turns sad and funny, but always honest and awe-inspiring.
Introduces the Tar Heel State, its geography, history, interesting sights, and people