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Here is the first-ever picture book about female Revolutionary War
activist Prudence Wright, who rallied the first and only group of
"minute women" to fight the British, changing history in the
process. Prudence Wright had a spark of independence. Annoyed when
the British king held back freedoms in colonial Massachusetts,
feisty and fearless Prudence had enough. She said no! to British
goods, determined to rely on her resourcefulness and ingenuity to
get by. And when British troops continued to threaten the lives of
her family and community, she assembled and led the "minute women"
of Pepperell to break free of tradition. This untold story of a
courageous and brave woman from the Revolutionary War continues to
inspire today.
"Delightful, relatable, and eye-catchingly illustrated." --School
Library Journal "Deelytful and iloominaating for noo and seesuned
reeders alyk." --Kirkus Reviews "Thought-provoking and
entertaining." --School Library Connection "Engaging...A
comprehensible, lively read." --Publishers Weekly Do you ever wish
English was eez-ee-yer to spell? Ben Franklin and Noah Webster did!
Debut author Beth Anderson and the New York Times bestselling
illustrator of I Dissent, Elizabeth Baddeley, tell the story of two
patriots and their attempt to revolutionize the English alphabet.
Once upon a revolutionary time, two great American patriots tried
to make life easier. They knew how hard it was to spell words in
English. They knew that sounds didn't match letters. They knew that
the problem was an inconvenient English alphabet. In 1786, Ben
Franklin, at age eighty, and Noah Webster, twenty-eight, teamed up.
Their goal? Make English easier to read and write. But even for
great thinkers, what seems easy can turn out to be hard. Children
today will be delighted to learn that when they "sound out" words,
they are doing eg-zakt-lee what Ben and Noah wanted.
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