Author: GHERMAN, BEVERLY
Title: First Mothers
Description: Boston: Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. Hardcover. ISBN: 0547223013. Illustrated by Julie Downing. Color; 8 3/4 x 11 1/4"; Unpaginated pages; Hard cover has white spine with blue lettering. Boards have slight rubbing. DJ has light rubbing, 1# closed tear at top of rear flap, some creasing near top of the spine. Pages are clean and tight. Pages not numbered; 64 pages. Beautifully illustrated in color by Julie Downing. 'Did you know that Thomas Jefferson's mother ran a plantation by herself, or that Abraham Lincoln's mother was a wrestler? James Madison's mom called him "Jemmy" and made his shirts while he went to college, and Woodrow Wilson created Mother's Day to celebrate all mothers--especially his. Join Beverly Gherman and Julie Downing in this celebration of the women behind the White House. Gherman delightfully dishes fun facts about each mother, and Downing's lively illustrations are sure to enthrall and entertain. '. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

Keywords: 0547223013 Biography; Women's History; Juvenile Biography; Juvenile Literature; Children's Literature; Presidents; Speeches; Writings; American History; Presidential History; Cultural History; Social History; Juvenile Women/Womens' History Cultural Histor