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Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock?
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Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? Hardcover - 1928

by Jean Fritz; J. B. Handelsman (Illustrator)

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"The question I am most often asked," Jean Fritz says, "is how do I find my ideas? The answer is: I don't. Ideas find me. A character in history will suddenly step right out of the past and demand a book. Generally people don't bother to speak to me unless there's a good chance that I'll take them on." Throughout almost four decades of writing about history, Jean Fritz has taken on plenty of people, starting with George Washington in The Cabin Faced West (1958). Since then, her refreshingly informal historical biographies for children have been widely acclaimed as "unconventional," "good-humored," "witty," "irrepressible," and "extraordinary."

In her role as biographer, Jean Fritz attempts to uncover the adventures and personalities behind each character she researches. "Once my character and I have reached an understanding," she explains, "then I begin the detective work--reading old books, old letters, old newspapers, and visiting the places where my subject lived. Often I turn up surprises and of course I pass these on." It is her penchant for making distant historical figures seem real that brings the characters to life and makes the biographies entertaining, informative, and filled with natural child appeal.

An original and lively thinker, as well as an inspiration to children and adults, Jean Fritz is undeniably a master of her craft. She was awarded the Regina Medal by the Catholic Library Association, presented with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award by the American Library Association for her "substantial and lasting contribution to children's literature," and honored with the Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature, which was presented by the New York State Library Association for her body of work.

copyright ? 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.

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"On the bay that would later become the harbor front of Plymouth, Massachusetts, there was one large rock and only one rock."

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  • Title Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock?
  • Author Jean Fritz; J. B. Handelsman (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Ed.
  • Pages 30
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Putnam Publishing Group
  • Date January 1, 1928
  • ISBN 9780399233180 / 0399233180
  • Weight 0.56 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.84 x 0.4 in (23.62 x 17.37 x 1.02 cm)
  • Ages 07 to 09 years
  • Grade levels 2 - 4
  • Reading level 780
  • Library of Congress subjects Plymouth Rock (Plymouth, Mass.)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 74030593
  • Dewey Decimal Code 974.4

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.

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