Jean Fritz | Författare

Om författaren

Jean Fritz was born in Hankow, China on November 16, 1915. She received a bachelor's degree in English from Wheaton College in 1937. She wrote picture books and historical fiction before focusing on historical nonfiction. Her first book, Bunny Hopewell's First Spring, was published in 1954. Her visa mer other books included And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?; Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?; Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?; Shh! We're Writing the Constitution; Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold; Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?; Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock?; The Double Life of Pocahontas; and George Washington's Mother. Homesick: My Own Story, a collection of linked narratives, traces her life from her girlhood in China to her longed-for yet uneasy passage to America. It won a National Book Award and was named a Newbery Honor Book. She received the Regina Medal by the Catholic Library Association, the National Humanities Medal, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award and the Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature for her body of work. She died on May 14, 2017 at the age of 101. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre

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Serier

Unforgettable Americans

Bringing History to Life

Verk av Jean Fritz

Populära Nyliga

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (1973) 2,864 exemplar

Shh! We're Writing the Constitution (1987) 2,662 exemplar

The Cabin Faced West (1958) 2,325 exemplar

What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? (1976) 2,095 exemplar

Homesick: My Own Story (1982) 1,655 exemplar

Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? (1977) 1,517 exemplar

George Washington's Breakfast (1969) 1,446 exemplar

Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! (Unforgettable Americans) (1991) 1,346 exemplar

Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? (1976) 1,244 exemplar

The Double Life of Pocahontas (1983) 1,203 exemplar

Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? (1900) 1,174 exemplar

Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? (1975) 1,168 exemplar

The Great Little Madison (1989) 1,139 exemplar

Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to Magellan (1994) 1,120 exemplar

Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln: The Story of the Gettysburg Address (1709) 959 exemplar

You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? (1995) 942 exemplar

Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold (1981) 829 exemplar

George Washington's Mother (1992) 788 exemplar

Brady (1960) 759 exemplar

Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? (1975) 728 exemplar

Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus? (1980) 657 exemplar

Early Thunder (1967) 540 exemplar

Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers (1994) 447 exemplar

Make Way for Sam Houston (1751) 415 exemplar

Why Not Lafayette? (1999) 403 exemplar

Stonewall (1979) 397 exemplar

Leonardo's Horse (2001) 394 exemplar

Alexander Hamilton: The Outsider (2011) 275 exemplar

Champion Dog Prince Tom (1958) 190 exemplar

Fish Head (1951) 185 exemplar

The Lost Colony Of Roanoke (2004) 184 exemplar

The World in 1492 (1992) 184 exemplar

Brendan the Navigator (1674) 175 exemplar

China's Long March (1988) 174 exemplar

Man Who Loved Books (1981) 116 exemplar

Who's Saying What in Jamestown, Thomas Savage? (2007) 110 exemplar

China Homecoming (1985) 86 exemplar

The Good Giants and the Bad Pukwudgies (1982) 78 exemplar

I, Adam (1963) 49 exemplar

The Great Adventures of Christopher Columbus : A Pop-up Book (1992) 31 exemplar

Surprising Myself (1992) 26 exemplar

San Francisco (1962) 26 exemplar

The secret diary of Jeb & Abigail: Growing up in America, 1776-1783 (1976) 23 exemplar

How to Read a Rabbit (1959) 22 exemplar

The Animals of Doctor Schweitzer (1958) 18 exemplar

So This Is Spring (1954) 16 exemplar

Magic to burn (1964) 16 exemplar

Olle Långöras möte med våren (1954) 15 exemplar

Growing Up [A Rand McNally Elf Book] (1956) 13 exemplar

Cast for a revolution;: Some American friends and enemies, 1728-1814 (1972) 11 exemplar

Back to early Cape Cod: A story guide for young readers (1981) 5 exemplar

A Lesson Plan Book for and Then What Happened, Paul Revere (1990) 4 exemplar

121 Pudding Street (1955) 4 exemplar

Appearances 3 exemplar

The Train (1965) 2 exemplar

The Late Spring. (1957) 2 exemplar

Just a few words Mr. Lincoln ( The story of the Gettysburg address) 1 exemplar

Who’s That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? 1 exemplar

Early Thunder 1 exemplar

What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? 1 exemplar

Når man bliver stor 1 exemplar

Peter Langohrs erster Frühling 1 exemplar

Multicultural Pack : Number the Stars; Julie of the Wolves; Bud Not Buddy; the House on Mango Street; Finding Miracles… (2009) 1 exemplar

Ingen titel 1 exemplar

Stories for Thanksgiving: Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock?, the Pilgrims of Plimoth, Giving Thanks (Playaway… (2010) 1 exemplar

Set of 4 United States History Books by Jean Fritz (Who's Stepping on Plymouth Rock ~ Shh! We're Writing the… (1975) 1 exemplar

Surprise Party (1965) 1 exemplar

Lot of Six Jean Fritz Books About American History's Founding Fathers (1950) 1 exemplar

Tap, tap, lion---1, 2, 3 1 exemplar

Who Was Thomas Jefferson 1 exemplar

Hurrah for Jonathan! 1 exemplar

Harriet Beacher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers 1 exemplar

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The Perilous Road (1958) — Inledning — 974 exemplar

The Big Book for Peace (1990) — Bidragsgivare — 798 exemplar

Flight (1991) — Inledning — 416 exemplar

Winter Danger (1954) — Inledning — 175 exemplar

The Buffalo Knife (1952) — Inledning — 169 exemplar

Flight; Make it Work! (1995) — Inledning — 146 exemplar

Flaming Arrows (1813) — Inledning — 109 exemplar

Worlds of Childhood: The Art and Craft of Writing for Children (1990) — Bidragsgivare — 86 exemplar

Open Your Eyes: Extraordinary Experiences in Faraway Places (2003) — Bidragsgivare — 41 exemplar

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 7, March 1978 (1978) — Bidragsgivare — 5 exemplar

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 8, April 1978 (1978) — Bidragsgivare — 5 exemplar

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 11, July 1976 (1976) — Bidragsgivare — 3 exemplar

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Namn enligt folkbokföringen: Fritz, Jean Guttery
Andra namn: Fritz, Jean
Födelsedag: 1915-11-16
Avled: 2017-05-14
Kön: female
Nationalitet: USA (naturalized)
Födelseort: Hankow, China
Dödsort: Sleepy Hollow, New York, USA
Bostadsorter: Hankow, China
West Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA
Sleepy Hollow, New York, USA
Utbildning: Wheaton College, Massachusetts (1937)
Yrken: children's book author
biographer
Priser och utmärkelser: Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (1986)
National Humanities Medal (2003)
May Hill Arbuthnot Lecturer (1976)
Regina Medal (1985)
Kort biografi: Born Jean Guttery, she was the daughter of missionaries.

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Diskussioner

Kids’ chapter book set in China i Name that Book (oktober 2018)

Children's chapter book about kid on the Yangtze i Name that Book (februari 2013)

Recensioner

Leonardo's Horse av Jean Fritz

I truly enjoyed this historical non-fiction book about the massive efforts, time, planning and finances it took to create the bronze horse that Leonardo so desperately desired to place in Milan. There is a lot of history presented in a way that older elementary and middle school students could appreciate. It would definitely be appropriate for teaching an art OR history lesson. In fact, this book would lend itself well across the curriculum for other areas, such as Science, for STEM education regarding the engineering of the actual horse statue itself. This story is not dry. There is a lot of emotion portrayed in the stories of all who helped to create Leonardo's dream to come true.… (mer)

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doehlberg63 | 9 andra recensioner | Dec 2, 2023 |

George Washington's Breakfast av Jean Fritz

George Washington Allen, a boy who never gives up until he finds out what he wants to know, is determined to learn all there is to know about his namesake, including what the first president ate for breakfast!

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PlumfieldCH | 9 andra recensioner | Nov 29, 2023 |

Brendan the Navigator av Jean Fritz

Only 32 pages long, but clever, witty, and incisive. I particularly like the discussion of the evidence for the Brendan voyage and how, until 1960, the evidence for the Leif Ericsson voyage was no more than traditional tales, until the archaeological discoveries. The illustrations are rather clever, and obviously inspired by the Irish decorated manuscripts, of which the most famous is the book of Kells.

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themulhern | 1 annan recension | Oct 27, 2023 |

George Washington's Mother av Jean Fritz

Everyone has a mother. Even George Washington. But Mary Washington is nothing like you'd think! She hates to dress up. And she always thinks she knows what's best for George. After all, she's his mother! You can read more about her in this true story by Jean Fritz.

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PlumfieldCH | 2 andra recensioner | Sep 22, 2023 |

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