Best Selling Books by Jean Fritz

Newbery Honor author Jean Fritz makes Patrick Henry''s history come alive! Patrick Henry wasn''t particularly well spoken. As a lawyer, he mumbled through some of his early cases. But when the issue was freedom, Patrick Henry was transformed into a natural orator. Jean Fritz makes history come alive as she chronicles the life of a man who moved a nation.

Describes how a dream to sculpt a gold horse was passed from Leonardo da Vinci, to Charles Dent, to Nina Akamu, and upon completion given as a gift from the United States.

A study of the Otis, Warren and Adams families provides insight into their roles in shaping the political and social cliamte of eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century America.

Describes the events of the 6,000 mile march undertaken by Mao Zedong and his Communist followers as they retreated before the forces of Chiang Kai-shek.

Newbery Honor-winning Jean Fritz shares how a bold woman helped shape the history of America. Harriet Beecher Stowe grew up in a family in which her seven brothers were expected to be successful preachers and the four girls were never to speak in public. But slavery made Harriet so angry she couldn''t keep quiet. Although she used a pen rather than her voice to convince people of the evils of slavery, she became more famous than any of her brothers. She firmly believed that words could make change, and by writing Uncle Tom''s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe hastened the Civil War and changed the course of America history. "Readable and engrossing." -- The Horn Bookn"Fritz writes with verve and wit....Many kids will be stimulated to go on from here to find out more." -- Booklist (boxed review)

Six prominent children''s authors, including Maurice Sendak, Rosemary Wells, and Jack Prelutsky, agree that to enter the worlds that children inhabit, you must possess the magic word - honesty. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

A boy learns that becoming a man requires more than he had anticipated.

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The award-winning author of George Washington''s Mother presents a lively, easy-to-read look at Abraham Lincoln and his creation of the famous speech that he gave at the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Fourteen-year-old Chris, bitterly hating the Yankees for invading his Tennessee mountain home, learns a difficult lesson about the waste of war and the meaning of tolerance and courage when he reports the approach of a Yankee supply troop to the Confederates, only to learn that his brother is probably part of that troop.Fourteen-year-old Chris, bitterly hating the Yankees for invading his Tennessee mountain home, learns a difficult lesson about the waste of war and the meaning of tolerance and courage when he reports the approach of a Yankee supply troop to the Confederates, only to learn that his brother is probably part of that troop.

With her trademark humor and anecdotal style, the Newbery Honor Award-winner and preeminent biographer for young people turns her attention to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the lively, unconventional spokeswoman of the woman suffrage movement. Convinced from an early age that women should have the same rights as men, Lizzie embarked on a career that changed America.

Six-year-old Stephen discovered a new sign on the Museum, "Animal Lending Library," a place which lent animals to children who were at least seven years old. During the next few weeks, Stephen thought about nothing except how he could borrow a small, brown rabbit.

Chad''s family takes refuge from vicious Chickamauga raiding parties with a desperate group in a wilderness fort. But not every danger is outside the wall. . . .