We all know the names of the men who led the American colonies to independence, but that’s only half the story. What about the women who spied, soldiered, nursed the wounded and got supplies to the troops? Laurie Halse Anderson researched and collected facts about the women of that era and put them into this book for younger readers to widen their sense of history. Did Betsy Ross sew the first American flag? Who was Molly Pitcher? What do we know today that changes our view of those rebellious days?
40 pages 978-0689858086 Ages 6-10
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Listen up! You've all heard about the great men who led and fought during the American Revolution; but did you know that the guys only make up part of the story? What about the women? The girls? The dames? Didn't they play a part?
Of course they did, and with page after page of superbly researched information and thoughtfully detailed illustrations, acclaimed novelist and picture-book author Laurie Halse Anderson and charismatic illustrator Matt Faulkner prove the case in this entertaining, informative, and long overdue homage to those independent dames!---from the publisher
Recommended by: Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com
We all know the names of the men who led the American colonies to independence, but that’s only half the story. What about the women who spied, soldiered, nursed the wounded and got supplies to the troops? Laurie Halse Anderson researched and collected facts about the women of that era and put them into this book for younger readers to widen their sense of history. Did Betsy Ross sew the first American flag? Who was Molly Pitcher? What do we know today that changes our view of those rebellious days?
40 pages 978-0689858086 Ages 6-10
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Listen up! You've all heard about the great men who led and fought during the American Revolution; but did you know that the guys only make up part of the story? What about the women? The girls? The dames? Didn't they play a part?
Of course they did, and with page after page of superbly researched information and thoughtfully detailed illustrations, acclaimed novelist and picture-book author Laurie Halse Anderson and charismatic illustrator Matt Faulkner prove the case in this entertaining, informative, and long overdue homage to those independent dames!---from the publisher
Recommended by: Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com
