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Shh! we're writing the Constitution and other stories about America's beginnings

With wit and scrupulous accuracy, Jean Fritz introduces the viewer to the delegates at the 1787 summer convention in Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, James Madison, and many others representing the thirteen states gathered there to draft a plan that would unify these states while...

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Main Author: Fritz, Jean (Author)
Corporate Authors: Weston Woods Studios, Playaway Digital Audio, Findaway World, LLC
Other Authors: Robbins, Rex, 1935- (Narrator), Brooks, Jeff, narrator (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (TBD)
Language:English
Published: Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2010], c2010.
Edition:Unabridged.
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United States. > Constitutional Convention > (1787) > Juvenile nonfiction.
Constitutional history > United States > Juvenile nonfiction.
Children's audiobooks.
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Summary:With wit and scrupulous accuracy, Jean Fritz introduces the viewer to the delegates at the 1787 summer convention in Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, James Madison, and many others representing the thirteen states gathered there to draft a plan that would unify these states while preserving their sovereignty.
Item Description:Title from Playaway label.
"HD."
"LIGHT."
Release date supplied by publisher.
Previously released by Weston Woods Studios, c2010.
Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
Physical Description:1 sound media player (2 hr., 14 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Audience:Ages 7-12.
ISBN:9781616377496 :
Author Notes:Jean Fritz was born in Hankow, China on November 16, 1915. She received a bachelor's degree in English from Wheaton College in 1937. She wrote picture books and historical fiction before focusing on historical nonfiction. Her first book, Bunny Hopewell's First Spring, was published in 1954. Her other books included And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?; Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?; Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?; Shh! We're Writing the Constitution; Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold; Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?; Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock?; The Double Life of Pocahontas; and George Washington's Mother.

Homesick: My Own Story, a collection of linked narratives, traces her life from her girlhood in China to her longed-for yet uneasy passage to America. It won a National Book Award and was named a Newbery Honor Book. She received the Regina Medal by the Catholic Library Association, the National Humanities Medal, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award and the Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature for her body of work. She died on May 14, 2017 at the age of 101.

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