Judith St George, Author Holiday House $22.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1428-4
The grim but compelling details surrounding the four successful and seven unsuccessful assassination attempts on the lives of American presidents are the focus of St. George's (Sacagawea) latest offering. Four chapters focus on the deaths of Lincoln,
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Judith St George, Author Putnam Publishing Group $17.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-399-22930-5
The stiff, stock composition on this book's jacket hides a biography of unusual depth. The life of the Hunkpapa Sioux chief Sitting Bull (1834?-1890) spanned a time of terrible transition for his people. As a young man on the Great Plains, he led...
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Judith St George, Author Putnam Publishing Group $17.95 (180p) ISBN 978-0-399-22667-0
The legendary Sioux warrior Crazy Horse is usually remembered for leading the party that killed Custer, but this vivid biography is sure to expand popular perception beyond that single role. St. George's (Dear Dr. Bell...Your Friend, Helen Keller)...
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Judith St George, Author Putnam Publishing Group $16.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-399-22240-5
Familiar history is combined with little-known yet engrossing facts to create an illuminating volume about the Civil War dividing line. St. George ( The Amazing Voyage of the New Orleans ; The Brooklyn Bridge: They Said It Couldn't Be Built ) lays...
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Judith St George, Author Putnam Publishing Group $15.95 (95p) ISBN 978-0-399-22337-2
In 1886 Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone and champion of education for deaf people, met an extraordinary six-year-old--a deaf, dumb and blind girl named Helen Keller. Out of that first encounter grew a 36-year friendship and a mutual
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Judith St George, Author Putnam Publishing Group $16.95 (159p) ISBN 978-0-399-21637-4
Like St. George's The Mount Rushmore Story , this is a handsome, heavily illustrated history of a major American icon. Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, the Panama Canal was little more than a ``raw and muddy wound'' when it was begun; its
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Judith St George, Author Putnam Publishing Group $13.95 (171p) ISBN 978-0-399-21316-8
Steppie Emerson's plans for a perfect junior year in high school begin to go wrong when her mom inherits a pool table. Just as she'd hoped, Steppie gets a boyfriend, Roger Curtis. But how can Steppie impress him when Mrs. Emerson spends every day...
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Judith St George, Author . Holiday $22.95 (146p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1571-7
St. George's (So You Want to Be President?) tandem biography portrays the compelling and equal partnership and marriage that helped shape the United States from a British colony to a fledgling democracy. Though on their first acquaintance in...
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Judith St George, Author . Holiday $16.95 (153p) ISBN 978-0-8234-2045-2
St. George (the So You Want to Be picture books) offers a rousing tale that is part mystery, part ghost story and lightly grounded in history. When 11-year-old KayKay’s mother becomes President and the family moves into the White House, KayKay
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Judith St George, Author, Matt Faulkner, Illustrator , illus. by Matt Faulkner. Philomel $16.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-399-23888-8
St. George's (So You Want to Be President?
) anecdotal account of Roosevelt's early years launches the Turning Point Book series, spotlighting a pivotal event in the life of a future president. The author explains that as a child (nicknamed &
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Judith St George, Author, David Small, Illustrator Philomel Books $17.99 (52p) ISBN 978-0-399-23407-1
HThis lighthearted, often humorous roundup of anecdotes and trivia is cast as a handbook of helpful hints to aspiring presidential candidates. St. George (Sacagawea; Crazy Horse) points out that it might boost your odds of being elected if your name
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Judith St George, Author, David Small, Illustrator , illus. by David Small. Philomel $16.99 (56p) ISBN 978-0-399-23593-1
With a lighthearted style similar to the collaborators' Caldecott Medal-winning So You Want to Be President?, this volume furnishes brief sketches of inventors and inventions both famous and little-known. As she did in the earlier volume, St....
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Judith St George, Author, Peter Roop, Author, Connie Roop, Author Putnam Publishing Group $16.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-399-23161-2
Drawing from the journals of Lewis, Clark and other members of the 1804 Journey of Discovery expedition, St. George (Crazy Horse) has written an uneven biography of one of the most important women in 19th-century American history. Beginning with...
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Judith St George, Author, Margot Tomes, Illustrator Shoe Tree Press $5.95 (46p) ISBN 978-1-55870-135-9
In Seneca Falls, N.Y., in 1852, the decision of Mrs. Amelia Bloomer to forsake hoop skirts in favor of long pants named after her has repercussions for a local family. Ages 6-10. (Nov.)
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Judith St George, Author, Britt Spencer, Illustrator , illus. by Britt Spencer. Philomel $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-399-25049-1
This lively collaboration by the creators of Make Your Mark, Franklin Roosevelt
highlights a unique historical episode, following a 19th-century giraffe, a gift from the viceroy of Egypt to Charles X, as she journeys from Africa to France. Fanciful
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Judith St George, Author, Will Hillenbrand, Illustrator , illus. by Will Hillenbrand. Philomel $16.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-399-23738-6
St. George (So, You Want to Be President?
) offers readers another engaging foray into U.S. history as she chronicles the journey of one of the nation's most hallowed documents. "The Declaration of Independence has had more homes than a...
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Judith St George, Author, Glen Rounds, Illustrator Shoe Tree Press $6.95 (62p) ISBN 978-1-55870-136-6
In 1811, pioneer Nicholas Roosevelt captained the steamboat New Orleans on an adventurous, 2000-mile journey from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. PW was enthusiastic about this ``buoyant history . . . all depicted as only Rounds can.'' Ages 7-10. (Nov.)
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