The Biggest (and Best) Flag That Ever Flew
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Book Overview
Young Caroline Pickersgill lives with her mother and grandmother in Baltimore, Maryland. Mrs. Pickersgill, a widow, supports herself and her daughter by making flags for the ships that sail into the city. Some soldiers from Fort McHenry come to her to order the biggest and best flag in the world, and Caroline helps make it. When the British sail up the Chesapeake Bay to destroy Baltimore during the War of 1812, the defenders at the fort beat them back. After the British sail away the next day, the flag gallantly streaming over the fort is the one Caroline and her mother had sewn. oeBy the dawn's early light," Francis Scott Key saw it waving "o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave." Here is a charming (and true) children's story about a little person who, in helping her widowed mother, became a part of our nation's history. Early reader-ages 5-8.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0870334409
ISBN13:9780870334405
Release Date:July 2009
Publisher:Schiffer Kids
Length:30 Pages
Weight:2.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 7.1" x 10.1"
Age Range:5 to 8 years
Grade Range:Preschool to Grade 3
Customer Reviews
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An Important Book for Children
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I love about the courage of the men who fought at Fort McHenry; it's such an interesting but crucial battle. What a better way to start your young child off than learning about their nation and how it has stood for all these years. I gave one to my nephew and I kept one for my kids.
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