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Meet Imogene Tripp, a plucky girl with a passion for history. As a baby, her first words were Four score and seven years ago. In preschool, she finger-painted a map of the Oregon Trail. So it s not surprising that when the mayor wants to tear down the long-neglected Liddleville Historical Society to make room for a shoelace factory, Imogene is desperate to convince the town how important its history is. But even though she rides through the streets in her Paul Revere costume shouting, The bulldozers are coming, the bulldozers are coming! the townspeople won t budge. What s a history-loving kid to do?
Filled with quotes from history s biggest players not to mention mini-bios and lots of humor, this is the perfect book for budding historians.
This girl-power story succeeds as an energetic and funny against-all-odds tale. "The Horn Book Magazine, " Starred
Filled with quotes from history s biggest players not to mention mini-bios and lots of humor, this is the perfect book for budding historians.
This girl-power story succeeds as an energetic and funny against-all-odds tale. "The Horn Book Magazine, " Starred
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About the Author:
Candace Fleming is the prolific author of many critically acclaimed books for children, including the picture books "Oh, No!," "Clever Jack Takes the Cake," and "Imogene's Last Stand." She is also the author of the nonfiction titles "Amelia Lost," "The Great and Only Barnum," and "The Lincolns."She lives in Oak Park, Illinois.
Nancy Carpenter is the illustrator of "17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore" and "11 Experiments that Failed," both by Jenny Offill, and "Imogene's Last Stand" by Candace Fleming. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Nancy Carpenter is the illustrator of "17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore" and "11 Experiments that Failed," both by Jenny Offill, and "Imogene's Last Stand" by Candace Fleming. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
"From the Hardcover edition.""
Kindergarten-Grade 2—Imogene is a feisty child who loves history and spouts quotes from famous people on all occasions. When she discovers the now-abandoned Historical Society building in her New Hampshire town, she cleans it up and opens it as a museum. No one comes. Then one morning she finds a sign posted outside the building stating that it will be torn down to make room for a shoelace factory. Imogene tries to enlist the aid of the mayor and other influential people, but they all say that the factory will put them on the map. At the last minute, she finds a letter in the museum that was written by George Washington to indicate that he had slept there. She notifies a historian and then puts herself in a stockade on the porch as the wrecking crew approaches. Soon the whole town turns out to watch the spectacle, and people tell her to move. "'In the immortal words of the Vietnam War protesters,' she shouted, 'Heck no, I won't go!'" (There is no mention of the fact that the quote has been changed.) The President of the United States (an African-American woman) appears and declares the museum a national landmark. Illustrations done in pen-and-ink and digital media provide a lot of historical details and humor, featuring a determined child who rides in a sidecar on her father's motorcycle. This title could serve as a jumping-off place for some early elementary history lessons.—Ieva Bates, Ann Arbor District Library, MI END
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- PublisherPerfection Learning
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1627653775
- ISBN 13 9781627653770
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages40
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