Jonah Winter,Barry Blitt
In this eye-opening look at our Founding Fathers that is full of fun facts and lively artwork, it seems that Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and their cohorts sometimes agreed on NOTHINGâ€¦except the thing that mattered most: creating the finest constitution in world history, for the brand-new United States of America.,Tall! Short! A scientist! A dancer! A farmer! A soldier!, , The founding fathers had no idea they would ever be called the "founding Fathers," and furthermore they could not even agree exactly on what they were founding!, , Should America declare independence from Britain? "Yes!" shouted some. "No!" shouted others., , "Could you repeat the question?" shouted the ones who either hadn't been listening or else were off in France having fun, dancin' the night away., , Slave owners, abolitionists, soldiers, doctors, philosophers, bankers, angry letter-writersâ€”the men we now call America's Founding Fathers were a motley bunch of characters who fought a lot and made mistakes and just happened to invent a whole new kind of nation., , And now here they are, together again, in an exclusive engagement!
Nonfiction,History,Childrens,Picture Books,Biography,Military History,American Revolution,Childrens,Humor,North American Hi...,American History,Historical,Childrens,Middle Grade
The Founding Fathers!: Those Horse-Ridin', Fiddle-Playin', Book-Readin', Gun-Totin' Gentlemen Who Started America