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Jean Fritz

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Gender Female
Death6 years ago
Date of birth November 16,1915
Zodiac sign Scorpio
Born Hankou
China
Date of died May 14,2017
DiedSleepy Hollow
New York
United States
Job Author
Biographer
Awards John Newbery Medal
Regina Medal
National Book Award for Children's Books (Fiction, Hardcover)
Children's Literature Legacy Award
Education Wheaton College
Nominations John Newbery Medal
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Homesick
Shh! we're writing the Constitution
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
The Cabin Faced West
The double life of Pocahontas
The great little Madison
What's the big idea, Ben Franklin?
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?
Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?
Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt
Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?
Traitor, the case of Benedict Arnold
Alexander Hamilton: The Outsider
Just a few words, Mr. Lincoln
George Washington's Breakfast
Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?
Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock?
Leonardo's Horse H
Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?
George Washington's mother
Early thunder
You want women to vote, Lizzie Stanton?
Around the world in a hundred years
Brady
Why not, Lafayette?
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
China homecoming
China's Long March
Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher preachers
Make Way for Sam Houston
Stonewall
The World in 1492
Bunny Hopwell's first spring
Fish Head
Brendan the Navigator
Surprising myself
Champion dog, Prince Tom
The man who loved books
Cast for a revolution
The Good Giants and the Bad Pukwudgies
Who's Saying What in Jamestown, Thomas Savage?
The great adventure of Christopher Columbus
How to read a rabbit
Je suis née en Chine
Worlds of Childhood: The Art and Craft of Writing for Children
Tracking the Past
Ben Franklin
5 Pack Trade Books - the Double Life of Pocahontas: Education - Intervention
Pptc Amer Hist 8c
When America Was Young [With Earbuds]
Jf Am Hist Cla Set Pa
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Jean Guttery Fritz was an American children's writer best known for American biography and history. She won the Children's Legacy Literature Award for her career contribution to American children's literature in 1986. She turned 100 in November 2015 and died in May 2017 at the age of 101.

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