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 Bücher
Dennis Fradin ist bekannt für seine sorgfältige Recherche, Liebe zum Detail und seine flüssige, anmutige Schreibe. Seine produktive Karriere umfasst fast 300 Sachbücher für Kinder und Jugendliche. Fradin schöpft Inspiration aus seiner langjährigen Lehrtätigkeit, bei der er junge Schüler mit Geschichten fesselte. Diese erzählerische Fähigkeit war entscheidend für den Beginn seiner Karriere als hauptberuflicher Autor und führte zu einer Buchreihe über die Vereinigten Staaten.
Stolen into Slavery
- 119 Seiten
- 5 Lesestunden
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