Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?

Zusatztext 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 ?"Jean Fritz fleshes the personality of the most famous signer of the Declaration of Independence with details both sympathetic and amusing...[Her] irrepressible humor is given crisp expression in the illustrations." --School Library Journal (starred review) Informationen zum Autor Jean Fritz Klappentext A biography of the first signer of the Declaration of Independence outlining all that he did for himself as well as what he did for Massachusetts and his new nation. Zusammenfassung Little-known facts are highlighted in this fun book about this historical figure! by Newbery Honor-winning author Jean Fritz. “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 Everyone knows that John Hancock was one of the first signers of the Declaration of Independence. But not many know that he signed his name so large to show how mad he was about how the colonists had been treated.

Product details

• Authors: Jean Fritz, Jean/ Hyman Fritz, Fritz Jean
• Assisted by: Trina Schart Hyman (Illustration), Margot Tomes (Illustration)
• Publisher: Puffin USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 9
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.03.1997
• EAN: 9780698114401
• ISBN: 978-0-698-11440-1
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 179 mm x 230 mm x 4 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / General, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Educational: History, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era)