The Biggest (and Best) Flag That Ever Flew

by Rebecca C. Jones

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870334409
• ISBN13: 9780870334405
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Schiffer Kids
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

An Important Book for Children

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.