Summary
Detailed pictures present both personal and political facts about the presidents of the United States and some historical events occurring during their terms. Full description
Summary: |
Detailed pictures present both personal and political facts about the presidents of the United States and some historical events occurring during their terms. |
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Item Description: |
First published in 1990 by Harper & Row. |
Physical Description: |
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. ports. ; 29 cm. |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: |
9780670012527 0670012521 |
Author Notes: |
They created many award-winning picture books including A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Inexperienced Travelers by Nancy Willard, which won a 1982 Caldecott Honor, and The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, which won the 1984 Caldecott Medal. Their other books included A Year at Maple Hill Farm, Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm, Karen's Curiosity, Karen's Opposites, The Fuzzy Duckling, Katie the Kitten, The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown, and A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson. They also created Tony the Tiger, which was the advertising symbol of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes. She continued working after her husband's death in 1987. Her books included The Buck Stops Here: The Presidents of the United States, A Day in the Life of Murphy, Punch in New York, and Klondike Gold. She died on April 23, 2018 at the age of 99. |