The Fourth of July Story

by Alice Dalgliesh

Book Overview

What happened on the Fourth of July long before there were fireworks and parades? Alice Dalgliesh takes young readers back to revolutionary times, back to the colonists' desire for freedom and the creation of the Declaration of Independence.

Simple text captures the excitement of the era, telling how word of Independence traveled up and down the thirteen colonies, touching the lives of everyday people throughout the land. Like all of Alice...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684131641
• ISBN13: 9780684131641
• Release Date: August 1972
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.8" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3