Rescuing the Declaration of Independence: How We Almost Lost the Words That Built America

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Anna Crowley Redding Edwin Fotheringham

Rescuing the Declaration of Independence

How We Almost Lost the Words That Built America

Anna Crowley Redding, Edwin Fotheringham

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HarperCollins
05 August 2020

True stories (Children's&YA); History & the past: general interest (Children's&YA); Educational: Citizenship & social education

He saved the words that built America! Emmy Award–winning journalist Anna Crowley Redding and Sibert Honor illustrator Edwin Fotheringham bring to life the riveting true story about the lowly clerk who saved the Declaration of Independence from being destroyed by the British army in the War of 1812. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 4 to 6. It’s a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

These are the words that helped found our nation. Today the Declaration of Independence is one of the United States’ most heavily guarded treasures, but during the War of 1812 it would have been destroyed if not for one man whose story has nearly been forgotten by time. Come along on this historic adventure and learn how one ordinary clerk did a truly extraordinary thing.

As a clerk for the State Department, Stephen Pleasonton spent his days quietly immersed in paperwork. He never expected to receive an urgent message telling him that the British army was on its way to the capital. And that the documents that Stephen was entrusted with—such as the original Declaration of Independence and the original Constitution—were all in danger!

It fell on Stephen to get our nation’s most cherished and priceless artifacts safely out of Washington!

By: Anna Crowley Redding
Illustrated by: Edwin Fotheringham
Imprint: HarperCollins
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 288mm, Width: 226mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 405g
ISBN: 9780062740328
ISBN 10: 0062740326
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 05 August 2020
Recommended Age: From 4 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anna Crowley Redding loves nothing more than putting on a detective hat to discover a forgotten tale of history, which made The Gravity Tree such fun to write. Anna's stealthy research skills come from an Emmy Award-winning career as an investigative reporter and a lifelong tendency to never mind her own business. Anna is also the author of Rescuing the Declaration of Independence, Google It: A History of Google and Elon Musk: A Mission to Save the World. She lives with her family outside Portland, Maine. You can visit her at www.annacrowleyredding.com. Edwin Fotheringham is the award-winning illustrator of numerous books for kids, including What to Do About Alice?, recipient of both a Sibert Honor and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor; The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy); Those Rebels, John & Tom; and Thomas Paine and the Dangerous Word. He lives with his family in Seattle, Washington.