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Dennis Brindell Fradin

    Dennis Fradin è un autore acclamato, celebre per la sua meticolosa ricerca e la sua attenzione ai dettagli. Ha affinato il suo caratteristico stile di scrittura scorrevole ed elegante attraverso le sue esperienze di insegnamento nelle scuole pubbliche di Chicago, dove catturava i giovani studenti con racconti fantasiosi. Questo talento narrativo ha infine lanciato la sua carriera di autore a tempo pieno di saggistica per bambini e giovani adulti. L'ampio corpus di opere di Fradin spazia su diversi argomenti, dall'astronomia e la storia a narrazioni avvincenti su schiavi fuggiaschi e biografie di figure notevoli.

    Who Was Ben Franklin?
    Let It Begin Here!
    • Let It Begin Here!

      Lexington & Concord

      • 40pagine
      • 2 ore di lettura

      On April 18th at 9:30 p.m. Paul Revere learned that the British Army was marching toward Lexington and Concord to arrest rebel leaders. At 5:20 the next morning, a shot rang out and the American Revolution had begun. Told in a step-by-step account of the 24 hours leading up to the battles that sparked a revolution, this tale is sure to both inform and entertain

      Let It Begin Here!2009
      4,6
    • Ben Franklin was the scientist who, with the help of a kite, discovered that lightning is electricity. He was also a statesman, an inventor, a printer, and an author-a man of such amazingly varied talents that some people claimed he had magical powers! Full of all the details kids will want to know, the true story of Benjamin Franklin is by turns sad and funny, but always honest and awe-inspiring.

      Who Was Ben Franklin?2002
      4,1