Shh! We're Writing the Constitution
- ISBN-10
- 0399214038
- ISBN-13
- 9780399214035
- Series
- Shh! We're Writing the Constitution
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Author
- Jean Fritz
Description
Award-winning author Fritz takes readers behind the scenes at the Constitutional Convention for a good-humored history lesson, enlivened by dePaola's quirky illustrations.
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