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Barefoot Books America's Founding Myths...and What Really Happened (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9798888599082)
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Christy Mihaly
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xPlay a game of fact or fiction with this interactive book about the founding of America
We've all heard about the Boston Tea Party, the first Thanksgiving, and Paul Revere's ride. But what REALLY happened? And where did the commonly told myths about these events come from? In this interactive fact-or-fiction book, uncover the truth behind well-known stories about the founding of the United States, from the "discovery" of the "New World" to the Constitution.
- Celebrate America's 250th anniversary with this nonfiction deep-dive into the best-known stories about the founding of the United States.
- Bold, funny text and artwork, infographic design, and interactive extras including gatefolds and lift-the-flaps make learning about American history fun and engaging for kids.
- Encourages media literacy by empowering young people to ask questions, think critically and check sources.
- Tackles the complex history of the founding of the United States without shying away from hard truths.
Author: Christy Mihaly
ISBN-13: 9798888599082
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Language: English
Published: 05/26/2026
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
By Christy Mihaly
xChristy Mihaly is an award-winning poet and author of many books for children and teens, including Barefoot Books WATER: A Deep Dive of Discovery. A former lawyer, Christy writes primarily nonfiction, on topics from hayfields to forests and federalism to free speech. She particularly enjoys sharing true stories about history because our best hope for the future lies in understanding our past. Christy lives in Vermont, the fourteenth state, on the traditional Abenaki homeland, N'dakinna.
Marta Sevilla is an illustrator based in Madrid, Spain whose work ranges from picture books to editorial illustration, posters, and surface design. She studied Fine Arts in Spain and Printmaking in Germany, where she first began experimenting with combining images and text. Her work has appeared in publications like The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and El País. She has illustrated many books for children, and has even written some herself. This is her first book with Barefoot Books.
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