The Bill of Rights (A True Book: American History)
by Taylor-Butler, ChristineEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-03-01
Publisher(s): Children's Press
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Summary
Ideal for today's young investigative reader, each A True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and Internet sites. A staple of library collections since the 1950s, the new A True Book series is the definitive nonfiction series for elementary school readers.A True Book -- American History: How do you wrap a 450,000-pound gift? What is the world's oldest and shortest written consitution? Find out in this patriotic celebration of things uniquely American.
Author Biography
Taylor-Butler studied both engineering and art & design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Table of Contents
| It's All About Rights: What's so special about rights? | p. 7 |
| Running the United States: We've won the war. Now what do we do? | p. 15 |
| It's Not Finished Yet!: They left rights out of the Constitution. How did they fix that? | p. 23 |
| Amending the Constitution: What if people try to change it in some wacky ways? | p. 28 |
| Rights for the People: What's in the Bill of Rights, and why should we care about it? | p. 30 |
| True Statistics | p. 43 |
| Resources | p. 44 |
| Important Words | p. 46 |
| Index | p. 47 |
| About the Author | p. 48 |
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