Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? - Softcover

Jean Fritz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0698205391 ISBN 13: 9780698205390

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile, 1982

Synopsis

Children's biography about John Hancock.

About this title

About the Author:

Acclaimed biographer, Jean Fritz, was born in China where she lived until the age of thirteen. She tells her story in Homesick, My Own Story, a Newbery Honor Book.      Ms Fritz is the author of forty-five books for children and young people. Many center on historical American figures, gaining her a reputation as the premier author of biographies for children and young people.      Among the prestigious awards Ms. Fritz has garnered are: a medal from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture, a Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, an American Book Award, a Christopher Award, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Non-Fiction Award, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and many ALA Notable Books of the Year, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, and ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice Awards.   

Review:

Praise for Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?

A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book
An IRA-CBC Children’s Choice Book
A Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
A Library of Congress Best Children’s Book of the Year
 
“The book is a most enjoyable view of history.... The delightful illustrations exactly suit the times and the extraordinary character of John Hancock.”—The Horn Book

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0698205391
• ISBN 13: 9780698205390
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 47
• Illustrator: Trina Schart Hyman