Jean Fritz (1915–2017)
Autor(a) de And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
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Obras por Jean Fritz
Appearances 3 exemplares
Who’s That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? 1 exemplar
Early Thunder 1 exemplar
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? 1 exemplar
Når man bliver stor 1 exemplar
Peter Langohrs erster Frühling 1 exemplar
Multicultural Pack : Number the Stars; Julie of the Wolves; Bud Not Buddy; the House on Mango Street; Finding Miracles… (2009) 1 exemplar
Sem título 1 exemplar
Stories for Thanksgiving: Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock?, the Pilgrims of Plimoth, Giving Thanks (Playaway… (2010) 1 exemplar
Set of 4 United States History Books by Jean Fritz (Who's Stepping on Plymouth Rock ~ Shh! We're Writing the… (1975) 1 exemplar
Tap, tap, lion---1, 2, 3 1 exemplar
Who Was Thomas Jefferson 1 exemplar
Hurrah for Jonathan! 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Worlds of Childhood: The Art and Craft of Writing for Children (1990) — Contribuidor — 86 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Fritz, Jean Guttery
- Outros nomes
- Fritz, Jean
- Data de nascimento
- 1915-11-16
- Data de falecimento
- 2017-05-14
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA (naturalized)
- Local de nascimento
- Hankow, China
- Local de falecimento
- Sleepy Hollow, New York, USA
- Locais de residência
- Hankow, China
West Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA
Sleepy Hollow, New York, USA - Educação
- Wheaton College, Massachusetts (1937)
- Ocupações
- children's book author
biographer - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (1986)
National Humanities Medal (2003)
May Hill Arbuthnot Lecturer (1976)
Regina Medal (1985)
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Born Jean Guttery, she was the daughter of missionaries.
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Discussions
Kids’ chapter book set in China em Name that Book (Outubro 2018)
Children's chapter book about kid on the Yangtze em Name that Book (Fevereiro 2013)
Críticas
Leonardo's Horse por Jean Fritz
I truly enjoyed this historical non-fiction book about the massive efforts, time, planning and finances it took to create the bronze horse that Leonardo so desperately desired to place in Milan. There is a lot of history presented in a way that older elementary and middle school students could appreciate. It would definitely be appropriate for teaching an art OR history lesson. In fact, this book would lend itself well across the curriculum for other areas, such as Science, for STEM education regarding the engineering of the actual horse statue itself. This story is not dry. There is a lot of emotion portrayed in the stories of all who helped to create Leonardo's dream to come true.… (mais)
George Washington Allen, a boy who never gives up until he finds out what he wants to know, is determined to learn all there is to know about his namesake, including what the first president ate for breakfast!
Only 32 pages long, but clever, witty, and incisive. I particularly like the discussion of the evidence for the Brendan voyage and how, until 1960, the evidence for the Leif Ericsson voyage was no more than traditional tales, until the archaeological discoveries. The illustrations are rather clever, and obviously inspired by the Irish decorated manuscripts, of which the most famous is the book of Kells.
Everyone has a mother. Even George Washington. But Mary Washington is nothing like you'd think! She hates to dress up. And she always thinks she knows what's best for George. After all, she's his mother! You can read more about her in this true story by Jean Fritz.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 72
- Also by
- 12
- Membros
- 33,275
- Popularidade
- #579
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 264
- ISBN
- 506
- Línguas
- 6
- Marcado como favorito
- 12
- Pedras de toque
- 141