Jean Fritz

With wit and scrupulous accuracy, Jean Fritz introduces the viewer to the delegates at the 1787 summer convention in Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, James Madison, and many others representing the thirteen states gathered there to draft a plan that would unify these states while preserving their sovereignty.

Abraham Lincoln had to run the country, win the war and look after his family. When he was asked to honor the soldiers who died in the great battle of Gettysburg, he made time to say a few words about them too.

This is the true story of Mary Washington. When she wasn't worrying about being poor, she was poking her nose in George's business, baking gingerbread, and smoking a pipe.

This heartwarming fictionalized autobiography tells a story of what it is like for a little girl to be growing up in an unfamiliar place. While other girls her age were enjoying childhood in America, Jean Fritz was in China in the midst of political unrest. During this time, foreigners were becoming more and more unpopular, and evacuation at a moment's notice was imminent. Although Jean appreciated the beauty of China-the mountains, the countryside,...

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.

From award-winning children's author Jean Fritz comes the incredible true account of the Long March, a six-thousand-mile journey across China In 1986, Jean Fritz went to China and talked to survivors of the Long March. It is from their recollections and her own broad, personal knowledge of Chinese history that Fritz has written one of the most compelling accounts of the incredible six-thousand-mile journey across China made by the Communist Army...

Paul Revere comes to life in this meticulously detailed story of what he did before, between and after his patriotic adventures

Shh! We're writing the Constitution: This is the story of the drafting of the plan that would unify the 13 states while preserving their sovereignty. And then what happened, Paul Revere?: Paul Revere comes to life in this meticulously detailed story of what he did before, between and after his patriotic adventures. Will you sign here, John Hancock?: The story of the ambitious, vain and charming man whose signature on the Declaration of Independence...