The House That Jane Built: A Story About Jane Addams
- ISBN-10
- 1627796908
- ISBN-13
- 9781627796903
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-06-23
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
- Author
- Tanya Lee Stone
Description
This is the story of Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, who transformed a poor neighborhood in Chicago by opening up her house as a community center. This title has Common Core connections.
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