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Three-dimensional scenes, pull tabs, hidden doors, and fold-out panels recreate the remarkable adventures of Christopher Columbus's journey for children who know the story, as well as those hearing it for the first time.
By Tomie Depaola (illustrator) and Jean Fritz

Hardcover:

9780399221132 | Pop edition (Grosset & Dunlap, January 1, 1992), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Describes Columbus's first journey to the New World and the voyage's purpose and lengthy preparations

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Fritz, a well-known author of books for young people, describes her daily life and the way she writes
By Jean Fritz and Andrea Fritz Pfleger (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9781878450371 | Richard C Owen Pub, June 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Fritz, a well-known author of books for young people, describes her daily life and the way she writes

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Product Description: Six prominent authors tell the story of what was happening all over the world during the time of Columbus. To the majority of the earth's inhabitants of 500 years ago, Renaissance Europe was not the center of the world--everywhere were societies on the rise or in decline, and now this book reveals their accomplishments...read more

Hardcover:

9780788155086 | Diane Pub Co, June 1, 1992, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Six prominent authors tell the story of what was happening all over the world during the time of Columbus.
9780805016741 | Henry Holt & Co, June 1, 1992, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Introduces the history, customs, beliefs, and accomplishments of people living in Europe, Asia, Africa, Polynesia, and the Americas during the fifteenth century

Product Description: An easy-to-read portrait of Mary Ball Washington details the life of an independent woman who hated to get dressed up, sometimes smoked a pipe, and became the mother of the father of America.

Paperback:

9781555920654, titled "George Washington's Mother" | Pap/cas edition (Weston Woods, October 1, 2000), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: An easy-to-read portrait of Mary Ball Washington details the life of an independent woman who hated to get dressed up, sometimes smoked a pipe, and became the mother of the father of America.
9780448403847, titled "George Washington's Mother" | Reissue edition (Penguin USA, August 1, 1992), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Describes the life of the mother of our first president and her relationship with her children

Library:

9780448403854, titled "George Washington's Mother" | Grosset & Dunlap, August 1, 1992, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Describes the life of the mother of our first president and her relationship with her children

Reinforced:

9780606023436, titled "George Washington's Mother" | Demco Media, August 1, 1992, cover price $12.50 | About this edition: Describes the life of the mother of our first president and her relationship with her children

Prebinding:

9780785746409, titled "George Washington's Mother" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.55 | About this edition: Describes the life of the mother of our first president and her relationship with her children

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Provides a look at the private side of Abraham Lincoln and at the circumstances surrounding his short, but memorable speech at the dedication of the cemetery at the Gettysburg battlefield. Includes text of the speech.

Paperback:

9780448401706, titled "Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln: The Story of the Gettysburg Address" | Reissue edition (Penguin USA, September 1, 1993), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Looks at Abraham Lincoln and the creation of his memorable speech

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781555920456 | Childrens Circle, April 1, 1993, cover price $12.95

Library:

9780448401713, titled "Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln: The Story of the Gettysburg Address" | Grosset & Dunlap, September 1, 1993, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Looks at Abraham Lincoln and the creation of his memorable speech

Reinforced:

9780606058971, titled "Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln: The Story of the Gettysburg Address" | Demco Media, September 1, 1993, cover price $12.47 | About this edition: Looks at Abraham Lincoln and the creation of his memorable speech

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Examines the great wave of European exploration during the fifteenth century which resulted in more accurate maps (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780399225277 | Putnam Pub Group, March 1, 1994, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Examines the great wave of European exploration during the fifteenth century which resulted in more accurate maps

Paperback:

9780698116382 | Reprint edition (Puffin, July 1, 1998), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Examines the great wave of European exploration during the fifteenth century which resulted in more accurate maps

Prebinding:

9780613072700 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $19.65 | About this edition: Examines the great wave of European exploration during the fifteenth century which resulted in more accurate maps

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A biography of one of the first leaders of the women's rights movement, whose work led to the adoption of the nineteenth amendment--women's right to vote

Prebinding:

9780613178938 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: A biography of one of the first leaders of the women's rights movement, whose work led to the adoption of the nineteenth amendment--women's right to vote

Traces the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, describes the impact of her most famous novel, and discusses her family background

Hardcover:

9780399226663 | Putnam Pub Group, September 1, 1994, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Traces the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, describes the impact of her most famous novel, and discusses her family background

Paperback:

9780698116603 | Reprint edition (Puffin, November 1, 1998), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Traces the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, describes the impact of her most famous novel, and discusses her family background
9780590619646 | Scholastic Educational, September 1, 1995, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Paperback, as pictured (ch)

Reinforced:

9780606169776 | Demco Media, April 1, 1999, cover price $14.53 | About this edition: Traces the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, describes the impact of her most famous novel, and discusses her family background

Prebinding:

9781439577974 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $14.99
9780613116152 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Traces the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, describes the impact of her most famous novel, and discusses her family background

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Depicts the life of Benjamin Franklin and his accomplishments as printer, inventor, and statesman

Hardcover:

9780698203655, titled "What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?" | Putnam Pub Group, June 1, 1976, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A brief biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.
9780399234873, titled "What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?" | Putnam Pub Group, June 1, 1976, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A brief biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.

Paperback:

9780698113725, titled "What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?" | Reissue edition (Puffin, May 1, 1996), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A brief biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.
9780698205437 | Coward Mc Cann, February 1, 1982, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: A brief biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.

Reinforced:

9780606006477, titled "What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?" | Demco Media, May 1, 1996, cover price $15.81 | About this edition: A brief biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.

Prebinding:

9780881035544, titled "What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: A brief biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.

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Recounts Paul Revere's life as a silversmith and his exciting adventures during the Revolutionary War

Hardcover:

9780399233371 | Reprint edition (Putnam Pub Group, March 1, 1998), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Recounts Paul Revere's life as a silversmith and his exciting adventures during the Revolutionary War
9780698202740 | Coward Mc Cann, November 1, 1973, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Describes some of the well-known as well as the lesser-known details of Paul Revere's life and exciting ride.

Paperback:

9780698113510 | Reissue edition (Puffin, May 1, 1996), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Recounts Paul Revere's life as a silversmith and his exciting adventures during the Revolutionary War
9780698205413 | Putnam Pub Group, February 1, 1982, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Recounts Paul Revere's life as a silversmith and his exciting adventures during the Revolutionary War

Reinforced:

9780606003735 | Demco Media, May 1, 1996, cover price $15.81 | About this edition: Recounts Paul Revere's life as a silversmith and his exciting adventures during the Revolutionary War

Prebinding:

9780881035551 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: Recounts Paul Revere's life as a silversmith and his exciting adventures during the Revolutionary War

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Product Description: America's most notorious traitor is brought to life as Jean Fritz relays the engrossing story of Benedict Arnold -- a man whose pride, ambition, and self-righteousness drove him to commit the heinous crime of treason against the United States during the American Revolution...read more

Hardcover:

9780786241323 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, April 1, 2002), cover price $21.95 | About this edition: A study of the life and character of the brilliant Revolutionary War general who deserted to the British for money.
9780399208348 | Putnam Pub Group, October 1, 1981, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A study of the life and character of the brilliant Revolutionary War general who deserted to the British for money.

Paperback:

9780698115538 | Puffin, May 1, 1997, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A study of the life and character of the brilliant Revolutionary War general who deserted to the British for money.
9789990855401 | Puffin, May 1, 1997, cover price $0.02
9780140329407 | Viking Childrens Books, May 1, 1989, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: A study of the life and character of the brilliant Revolutionary War general who deserted to the British for money.

Reinforced:

9780606120012 | Demco Media, May 1, 1997, cover price $14.55 | About this edition: A study of the life and character of the brilliant Revolutionary War general who deserted to the British for money.
9780606043519 | Demco Media, May 1, 1989, cover price $11.10 | About this edition: A study of the life and character of the brilliant Revolutionary War general who deserted to the British for money.

Prebinding:

9781435286047 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 22, 2008), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: America's most notorious traitor is brought to life as Jean Fritz relays the engrossing story of Benedict Arnold -- a man whose pride, ambition, and self-righteousness drove him to commit the heinous crime of treason against the United States during the American Revolution.
9780833528742 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A study of the life and character of the brilliant Revolutionary War general who deserted to the British for money.

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Provides a look at the private side of Abraham Lincoln and at the circumstances surrounding his short, but memorable speech at the dedication of the cemetery at the Gettysburg battlefield. Includes text of the speech.

Prebinding:

9780785735915 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.55 | About this edition: Looks at Abraham Lincoln and the creation of his memorable speech

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Traces the life of the Powhatan Indian girl, describes her real relationship to John Smith, and recounts the story of the Jamestown colony

Hardcover:

9780399210167 | Putnam Pub Group, June 1, 1983, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.

Paperback:

9780698119352 | Puffin, March 1, 2002, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.
9780130362940, titled "Lab Manual: The 80X86 IBM PC & Compatible Computers : Assembly Language Programming on the IBM Pc, PS and Compatibles" | Prentice Hall, December 1, 1993, cover price $34.10 | also contains Lab Manual: The 80X86 IBM PC & Compatible Computers : Assembly Language Programming on the IBM Pc, PS and Compatibles
9780140322576 | Reprint edition (Puffin, May 1, 1987), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.

Library:

9781559050920 | Large print edition (Marshall Cavendish Corp, January 1, 1991), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.

Reinforced:

9780606014434 | Demco Media, May 1, 1987, cover price $12.41 | About this edition: A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.

Prebinding:

9780808592723 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $14.15 | About this edition: A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.

Ten-year-old Ann overcomes loneliness and learns to appreciate the importance of her role in settling the wilderness of western Pennsylvania.

Hardcover:

9780399232237 | Reprint edition (Putnam Pub Group, January 1, 1998), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Ten-year-old Ann overcomes loneliness and learns to appreciate the importance of her role in settling the wilderness of western Pennsylvania.
9780698200166 | Coward Mc Cann, June 1, 1958, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Their pioneer farm was isolated in western Pennsylvania and Ann finds it lonesome without girl friends

Paperback:

9780140322569 | Reissue edition (Viking Childrens Books, May 1, 1987), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Ten-year-old Ann overcomes loneliness and learns to appreciate the importance of her role in settling the wilderness of western Pennsylvania.
9780698119369 | Reissue edition (Puffin, May 1, 1987), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Ten-year-old Ann overcomes loneliness and learns to appreciate the importance of her role in settling the wilderness of western Pennsylvania.

Reinforced:

9780606251075, titled "Cabin Faced West" | Demco Media, September 1, 2002, cover price $14.55 | About this edition: Ten-year-old Ann overcomes loneliness and learns to appreciate the importance of her role in settling the wilderness of western Pennsylvania.
9780606009881 | Demco Media, May 1, 1987, cover price $13.41 | About this edition: Ten-year-old Ann overcomes loneliness and learns to appreciate the importance of her role in settling the wilderness of western Pennsylvania.

Prebinding:

9780613514392 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 2001, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: Ten-year-old Ann overcomes loneliness and learns to appreciate the importance of her role in settling the wilderness of western Pennsylvania.
9780808593034 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.85 | About this edition: "A satisfying story which conveys some of the loneliness, despair, and hardships of pioneer life" (Booklist) from the recipient of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for "substantial and lasting contribution to children's literature.

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Describes how a dream to sculpt a gold horse was passed from Leonardo da Vinci, to Charles Dent, to Nina Akamu, and and upon completion given to Italy as a gift from the United States.
By Jean Fritz and Hudson Talbott (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780142501474 | Puffin, September 1, 2005, cover price $6.99
9780399235764 | Putnam Pub Group, September 1, 2001, cover price $21.99 | About this edition: Describes how a dream to sculpt a gold horse was passed from Leonardo da Vinci, to Charles Dent, to Nina Akamu, and and upon completion given to Italy as a gift from the United States.

Reinforced:

9780606295420 | Demco Media, November 1, 2003, cover price $15.81 | About this edition: "A scintillating sliver of history.

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Paperback:

9780590489102 | Scholastic Educational, February 1, 2004, cover price $4.95

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The creators of Leonardo's Horse describe the English colony of Roanoke, which was founded in 1585, and discuss the mystery of its disappearance in four parts--Looking, Settling, Lost, and Clues.
By Jean Fritz and Hudson Talbott (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780399240270 | Putnam Pub Group, May 1, 2004, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Describes the English colony of Roanoke, which was founded in 1585, and discusses the mystery of its disappearance.

A young pioneer boy must adjust to settled frontier life when his father leaves him with relatives and returns to the woods.
By Jean Fritz (introduced by)

Prebinding:

9781417637171 | Turtleback Books, September 1, 2004, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A young pioneer boy must adjust to settled frontier life when his father leaves him with relatives and returns to the woods.

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Recounts St. Brendan's life and voyage to North America long before the Vikings arrived.

Reinforced:

9780606299848 | Demco Media, October 30, 2004, cover price $14.70 | About this edition: Portrays the life of Saint Brendan and chronicles his legendary voyage to North America long before the Vikings arrived

Prebinding:

9780613145961 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: Portrays the life of Saint Brendan and chronicles his legendary voyage to North America long before the Vikings arrived

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Product Description: "Lives of (Thomas) Jackson are plentiful . . . but none, for all its brevity, surpasses Jean Fritz's . . . She places him firmly within the context of an extraordinary knotted period of American history. . . . Stonewall gives us both the strangeness and the greatness...read more
By Jean Fritz and Stephen Gammell (illustrator)

Reinforced:

9780606043342 | Demco Media, April 1, 1989, cover price $11.10 | also contains Stonewall | About this edition: A biography of the brilliant Southern general who gained the nickname Stonewall by his stand at Bull Run during the Civil War

Prebinding:

9781435286054 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 22, 2008), cover price $14.99 | also contains Stonewall | About this edition: "Lives of (Thomas) Jackson are plentiful .

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Traces the life of the French nobleman who fought for democracy in revolutions in both the United States and France.

Reinforced:

9780606215268, titled "Why Not, Lafayette" | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $14.70 | also contains Why Not, Lafayette? | About this edition: Traces the life of the French nobleman who fought for democracy in revolutions in both the United States and France.

Prebinding:

9781439529874 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $15.99 | also contains Why Not, Lafayette?

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Product Description: Chad's family takes refuge from vicious Chickamauga raiding parties with a desperate group in a wilderness fort. But not every danger is outside the wall. . . .

Prebinding:

9781439517321 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Chad's family takes refuge from vicious Chickamauga raiding parties with a desperate group in a wilderness fort.
9781417637065 | Turtleback Books, September 1, 2004, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: When Chad and his family flee to a fort in the Tennessee wilderness to escape an attack by Chickamauga Indians, the presence of the family of a white renegade who joined the Indians causes additional tensions.

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Product Description: The heartbreaking, bitter view of the Civil War as experienced by Chris Brabson, whose brother is fighting for the "wrong" side.

Prebinding:

9781439517314 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The heartbreaking, bitter view of the Civil War as experienced by Chris Brabson, whose brother is fighting for the "wrong" side.

Product Description: Nine-year-old Andy and his family brave natural and man-made dangers during a perilous thousand-mile raft trip down the Tennessee River.

Prebinding:

9781439517338, titled "The Buffalo Knife" | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Nine-year-old Andy and his family brave natural and man-made dangers during a perilous thousand-mile raft trip down the Tennessee River.
9781417637072 | Turtleback Books, September 1, 2004, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: In 1782, nine-year-old Andy, his family, and neighbors make a dangerous journey by flatboat down a thousand miles of the Tennessee River to make a new home.

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Published to coincide with Jamestown's 400th anniversary, a fascinating picture book traces the life Thomas Savage, who, at the age of thirteen, served as an interpreter between the Indians and the colonists in the New World until tensions escalated.
By Sally Wern Comport (illustrator) and Jean Fritz

School and Library:

9780399246449 | Putnam Pub Group, April 5, 2007, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Traces the life of Thomas Savage, a young Jamestown settler, who learned the language of the Algonquin Indians and served as an interpreter during many of the early conflicts between the Indians and the colonists.

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