First Mothers - Brossura

Gherman, Beverly

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0544668391 ISBN 13: 9780544668393

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016

Riassunto

Capsule profiles of the American presidents' mothers reveals their considerable achievements while sharing fun facts, lively anecdotes and fascinating childhood stories, from Thomas Jefferson's mother's solo management of a plantation to Abraham Lincoln's mother's stint as a wrestler. 15,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"Craftily mining the personalities of each woman, Downing contributes watercolor and colored pencil portraits of the mothers on their home turfs, humorously underscoring their many diverse eccentricities."—Publishers Weekly

"Young readers will enjoy perusing this engaging and utterly browsable collection of quick facts about these little-known, but very important women."—School Library Journal

"Colorfully illustrated and surprisingly entertaining."—Booklist

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• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0544668391
• ISBN 13: 9780544668393
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 60
• Disegnatore: Downing Julie