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Let Liberty rise! how America's schoolchildren helped save the Statue of Liberty

"On America's 100th birthday, the people of France built a giant gift! It was one of the largest statues the world had ever seen -- and she weighed as much as 40 elephants! And when she arrived on our shores in 350 pieces, she needed a pedestal to hold her up. Few of America's million...

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Main Author: Stiefel, Chana, 1968- (Author)
Other Authors: Groenink, Chuck (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, [2021]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Juvenile nonfiction.
Picture books.
Summary: "On America's 100th birthday, the people of France built a giant gift! It was one of the largest statues the world had ever seen -- and she weighed as much as 40 elephants! And when she arrived on our shores in 350 pieces, she needed a pedestal to hold her up. Few of America's millionaires were willing to foot the bill. And without funds for a pedestal, Lady Liberty would remain trapped in her crates, scattered about Bedloe's Island. Could everyday Americans -- including schoolchildren -- collect enough pennies to help Liberty rise?" -- inside front jacket flap.
"The true story of how schoolchildren helped fund the construction of the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty in New York City."--
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 x 29 cm
Audience: Ages 6-8.
Grades 2-3.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (page [37]).
ISBN: 9781338225884
133822588X
Author Notes: Chana Stiefel is the award-winning author of more than 30 humorous and heartfelt books for children. Her nonfiction books include THE TOWER OF LIFE, the true story of Holocaust survivor and historian Yaffa Eliach, who created the Tower of Faces at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (a Junior Libary Guild Gold Medal Selection, Scholastic); LET LIBERTY RISE: How America's Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty (a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, Scholastic, 2021); and ANIMAL ZOMBIES & OTHER REAL-LIFE MONSTERS (a Top 10 YALSA Quick Pick, NatGeoKids). Chana's funny fictional picture books include MENDEL'S HANUKKAH MESS UP (Kalaniot), MY NAME IS WAKAWAKALOCH (HMH), and DADDY DEPOT (Feiwel & Friends). She loves to visit schools and libraries to share her passion for reading and writing with children.

Chuck hails from an overgrown village among the peat bogs in the north of the Netherlands, where he spent his formative years climbing trees, drawing, reading, and cycling. He attended the Artez Institute of Visual Arts in Kampen, graduating from the Department of Illustration in 2004. He moved to Portland, Oregon, in 2010, and now resides in Valatie, New York, with his wife, dog, and two cats. Visit Chuck at chuckgroenink.com.

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