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A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women Reprint Edition
Contributor(s): Cheney, Lynne (Author), Glasser, Robin Preiss (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1481479598     ISBN-13: 9781481479592
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
OUR PRICE:   $8.99  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2016
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2003007381
Lexile Measure: 1030
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 10.4" W x 10.3" (0.50 lbs) 48 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 87187
Reading Level: 6.3   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:
New York Times bestselling team Lynne Cheney and Robin Preiss Glasser tell the remarkable (and often little known) stories of exceptional American women.

Lynne Cheney and Robin Preiss Glasser collaborated on America: A Patriotic Primer, which captured the imagination of American children and became a national bestseller. Now they turn their hands to A Is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women and bring the great women of American history to life. Filled to the brim with words and pictures that celebrate the remarkable achievements of American women, this is a book to relish and to read again and again. Mothers, daughters, schoolchildren, and generations of families will take Abigail Adams's words to heart and "remember the ladies" once they read the stories of these astonishing, astounding, amazing American women.


Contributor Bio(s): Cheney, Lynne: - Lynne Cheney's most recent book is the New York Times bestseller, We the People: The Story of Our Constitution, illustrated by Greg Harlin. She is also the author of the New York Times bestsellers America: A Patriotic Primer, A Is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women, When Washington Crossed the Delaware: A Wintertime Story for Young Patriots, A Time for Freedom: What Happened When in America, and Our 50 States: A Family Adventure Across America, and has written a memoir, Blue Skies, No Fences. Mrs. Cheney is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, Vice President Richard B. Cheney.Glasser, Robin Preiss: - Robin Preiss Glasser is the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of the Fancy Nancy series, written by Jane O'Connor; America: A Patriotic Primer, A Is for Abigail, and Our Fifty States by Lynne Cheney; and Tea for Ruby by Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York. She lives in Southern California with her family.