A Kids' Guide to America's Bill of Rights
A Kids' Guide to America's Bill of Rights
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A Kids' Guide to America's Bill of Rights by Kathleen Krull
Which 462 words are so important that they've changed the course of American history more than once? The Bill of Rights: the first ten amendments to the Constitution, the crucial document that spells out how the United States is to be governed.
Packed with anecdotes, sidebars, case studies, suggestions for further reading, and humorous illustrations, Kathleen Krull's introduction to the Bill of Rights brings an important topic vividly to life. Whether you're a middle grader or high schooler or even an adult, and whether you're looking to expand your knowledge or to reearch a report, the format of this kids' guide makes the information understandable and interesting.
Find out what the Bill of Rights is and how it affects your daily life in this fascinating look at the history, significance, and mysteries of these laws that are designed to protect the individual freedoms of Americans--including young people.
Some of the questions addressed in this easy-to-follow book:
- Why did early American founders argue that individuals needed a Bill of Rights to protect them from government?Why is freedom of speech so thrilling and so controversial?What is religious intolerance, and when can it be fatal?What does it really mean to take the Fifth?How does the Bill of Rights affect the rights of kids?
David McPhail has written and illustrated more than eighty books for children, including the classic Pig Pig series, Water Boy, The Searcher and Old Tree, and Sisters, plus If You Were My Bunny by Kate McMullan, When Sheep Sleep by Laura Numeroff, and Mud Is Cake by Pam Munoz Ryan. Before creating the illustrations for A Pot o' Gold, he did research by traveling throughout Ireland. He lives with his family in New Hampshire.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780380974979 |
| ISBN 10 | 0380974975 |
| Title | A Kids' Guide to America's Bill of Rights |
| Author | Kathleen Krull |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Harpercollins |
| Year published | 1999-10-06 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |