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A: Abraham Lincoln is my favorite president. My favorite question is ‘‘Would you go to school? Abe Lincoln began going to school when he was six. He went to school whenever he had the chance. But all his days of schooling didn’t add up to one whole year.’’
A: ‘’Were people on the ship friends?” The sailors hated the pilgrims. They made fun of the pilgrims who got seasick. They called them “glib-gabbety puke stockings”. One sailor said he wanted to throw half the pilgrims into the sea.
A: “What were the favorite Sunday laws?” You could not laugh or play games. No one could do any work. You could not even make your bed. And it was against the law for you to kiss your mother or father on Sunday.
A: When I was in elementary school, P.S. 9, I was bored by the way history was taught. It seemed all about dates and places. The first travel I ever did was to Mexico. When I came home, I started to read its history. Then I realized how little I knew of American history and … Read more
A: The editor of Scholastic’s Lucky Book Club for 2nd and 3rd graders read my book WHY IT’S A HOLIDAY. She liked the chapter about Columbus Day and she asked me to write a biography of Christopher Columbus. I did a lot of research to find little-known facts about him. Columbus kept a diary in … Read more
A: I knew about the Underground Railroad and I had heard about Harriet Tubman and admired her for her extraordinary courage. She risked her life over and over to free hundreds of slaves. In New York City, there is a special library with many books about black history. I went to Harlem every day to … Read more
A: I have always been interested in Native Americans and their challenges. I wrote two books about them: LITTLE WOLF and IF YOU LIVED WITH THE SIOUX INDIANS. I had always wanted to write a biography about Native American heroes. This book tells about Osceola, Cochise, and Tecumseh who tried to keep land and freedom for … Read more
A: Dr. Eugenie Clark agreed to read my book on sharks to make sure everything was true. I met with her and asked her about her life. When I heard her gripping stories, I knew children would love her adventures — meeting a king in the South Seas when she was wearing only a bathing … Read more
A: Dr. Eugenie Clark kept on having adventures after I wrote my first book about her, SHARK LADY. Here are exciting chapters about her recent adventures — diving with the Great White sharks, riding a giant Whale shark, gripped by a huge crab, danger in an underwater submersible deep down in the sea and more!
A: Another brave heroine. Deborah was born a poor girl during during the American Revolutionary War. She wanted adventure but poor girls were expected only to learn to take care of a house and family. So she disguised herself as a boy and joined the Continental Army. When she was shot in the leg, she … Read more