Cheryl Harness
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
George Washington's ghost pulls a girl out of her school White House tour and takes her on a personal tour of the building, introducing her to the ghosts of previous presidents and to the history of the White House and of the United States.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The ghost of Willie, President Abraham Lincoln's older son, transports Lindsey back to his own time, where she sees and hears many things from both sides of the Civil War. Includes passages from contemporary documents, a glossary, biographical sketches, and a bibliography.
14) Thomas Jefferson
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the life and times of the multifaceted man who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the third president of the United States.
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As author Cheryl Harness points out, no one could have thought up a more amazing character than the living, breathing Benjamin Franklin. He was everything from a "soap maker, candle dipper, and printer" to a "postmaster, political activist, community reformer, revolutionary, statesman, international diplomat, and first great citizen of a nation which he, as much or more than anyone, helped to create." Readers quickly learn that the story of this Founding...
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Profiles the life and adventures of Daniel Boone; chronicling his childhood in Pennsylvania, service in the French and Indian War, journey across the Appalachians, and settlement of Boonesboro, Kentucky; and includes illustrations, maps, and primary source quotations.