Jean Fritz, Author Putnam Publishing Group $17.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-399-23411-8
With her typically light touch, Fritz (You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?) presents a brief and colorful biography of the aristocratic young Frenchman who played an integral role in the American Revolution. Bored with the leisurely life of a...
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Jean Fritz, illus. by Ian Schoenherr, Putnam, $16.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-399-25546-5
Fritz (Leonardo's Horse) pens a wide-ranging biography of one of the founding fathers that details Hamilton's role in events that shaped his adopted, nascent country—fighting in the Revolutionary War, drafting the Constitution, etc. However, readers
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Jean Fritz, Author Putnam Publishing Group $15.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-399-22666-3
Fritz (Around the World in a Hundred Years) is justly celebrated for her ability to combine wry humor with the salient stories about the subjects of her many biographies. She scores another success with this lively book about the author of Uncle Tom'
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Jean Fritz, Author G. P. Putnam's Sons $16.99 (159p) ISBN 978-0-399-21768-5
Fritz ( Shh! We're Writing the Constitution! ) here presents a brisk, highly accessible biography of James Madison. Sickly as a child, Madison was a short, frail man with a wispy, small voice. His successes in incorporating personal freedoms into a...
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Jean Fritz, Author, Anthony Bacon Venti, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $18.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-399-22527-7
Noted biographer and historian Fritz ( Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt ) offers a wickedly funny look at 10 explorers who, between 1421 and 1522, ventured into what contemporaneous mapmakers called the Unknown. While presenting the salient facts,...
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Jean Fritz, Author, Mike Wimmer, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (127p) ISBN 978-0-399-21769-2
``On the whole,'' Theodore Roosevelt once wrote, ``I have continued all my life to have a better time year after year.'' Roosevelt lived his life like the hero of a classic children's tale: he was a small, ailing boy who overcame his physical...
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Jean Fritz, Author, Mike Wimmer, Illustrator Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers $5.99 (127p) ISBN 978-0-698-11609-2
""This thoroughly entertaining biography,"" said PW, ""can be summed up in one word: Bully!"" Ages 10-14. (Feb.)
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Jean Fritz, Author, Hudson Talbott, Illustrator , illus. by Hudson Talbott. Putnam $16.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-399-23576-4
Fritz (And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?) again calls upon her informal yet informative style to spotlight a scintillating sliver of history, recounted in two related tales. Her narrative opens as the ultimate Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci,...
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Jean Fritz, Author, Charles Robinson, Illustrator Grosset & Dunlap $3.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-448-40170-6
The All Aboard Reading series adds another of Fritz's ( The Double Life of Pocahantas ; Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? ) lively titles illuminating an episode in American history. Here Fritz explains that President Lincoln had two ``big...
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Jean Fritz, Author, Tomie dePaola, Illustrator Grosset & Dunlap $15.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-399-22113-2
This collaboration by an accomplished historian and a popular illustrator is handsome though flawed, and the pop-up format seems ill-chosen. Though Fritz's tone is light and informative, inherent space limitations allow her merely to scratch the...
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Jean Fritz, Author, Ronald Himler, Illustrator, J. Bonnell, Editor Putnam Publishing Group $6.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-698-11882-9
A starred review in PW said, ""With her typically light touch, Fritz presents a biography of the aristocratic young Frenchman who played a pivotal role in the American Revolution. Lively, vigorous and just plain fun to read."" Ages 8-12. (Mar.)
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Jean Fritz, Author, DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $18.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-399-22786-8
Fritz maintains her reputation for fresh and lively historical writing with this biography of the 19th-century American feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), imparting to her readers not just a sense of Stanton's accomplishments but a picture
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Jean Fritz, Author, Stefano Vitale, Illustrator, Jamake Highwater, Joint Author Henry Holt & Company $19.95 (168p) ISBN 978-0-8050-1674-1
In this hefty collection of essays, these distinguished authors have written about the continents with which they have a particular affinity. Each geographic area is viewed as of five centuries ago, and each writer creates logical divisions for his...
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Jean Fritz, Author, Margot Tomes, Illustrator Paperstar Book $5.99 (163p) ISBN 978-0-698-11782-2
Fritz's Newbery Honor-winning memoir of growing up during a turbulent time in China's history is ""rich in the telling observations of sights, sounds and people,"" said PW. Ages 8-12. (Aug.)
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Jean Fritz, Author, Elise Primavera, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (109p) ISBN 978-0-399-21303-8
Fritz's wit, sensitivity and understanding of the young reader have won her numerous awards and honors. They have also granted her the ability to make history and historical figures come alive. Her new book chronicles the colorful life of Sam...
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Jean Fritz, Author, Stephen Gammell, Illustrator Puffin Books $4.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-14-032937-7
Stonewall Jackson, the eccentric Confederate general, and Benedict Arnold are the subjects of these two fine biographies. Ages 10-14. (June)
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Jean Fritz, Author, Melissa Hughes, Read by , read by Melissa Hughes. Audio Bookshelf $34.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-9761932-8-9
Fans of Fritz's lively nonfiction will be disappointed that this audio adaptation falls a bit flat. Perhaps Hughes is fettered by the historically accurate style of Fritz's prose, which is smoothly crafted but lacks dramatic dialogue. Hughes is...
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Jean Fritz, Author, Feodor Rojanovsky, Illustrator Puffin Books $5.99 (124p) ISBN 978-0-14-032256-9
Fritz's first historical book for children tells of Ann, who longs for her old life but learns to be proud of her new home in the wilderness. Ages 8-12. (April)
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Jean Fritz, Author, Yang Zhr Cheng, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (124p) ISBN 978-0-399-21512-4
After her two memoirs on her childhood in China, Fritz now turns her stellar abilities to this engaging historical account of one of China's most extraordinary eventsthe famous march of the Communist army during 1934-35. Based on firsthand...
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Thomas Preston, Author, Jean Fritz, Author, Hudson Talbott, Illustrator , illus. by Hudson Talbott. Putnam $16.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-399-24027-0
Previously teamed for Leonardo's Horse,
Fritz and Talbott now focus on the complicated, still-elusive story of English exploration off the Virginia coast in the 1580s. Studded with facts, anecdotes and historical asides, Fritz's rapid-fire...
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