The great little Madison

Traces the life and contributions of the sickly child with the small voice who grew up to become the fourth president of the United States.

Main Author:	Fritz, Jean
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Putnam, c1989.
Subjects:	Madison, James, > 1751-1836 > Juvenile nonfiction. Presidents > United States > Biography > Juvenile.

Summary:	Traces the life and contributions of the sickly child with the small voice who grew up to become the fourth president of the United States.
Physical Description:	159 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Bibliography: p.
ISBN:	0399217681 9780698116214 (pbk)
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. (Bowker Author Biography)