The Statue of Liberty (A True Book: American History)

by Elaine Landau

Overview

Explore the history of the Statue of Liberty, discusses where the statue came from, who designed it, and its significance in American culture and history.

A True Book: American History series allows readers to experience the earliest moments in American history and to discover how these moments helped shape the country that it is today. This series includes an age appropriate (grades 3-5) introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects and a robust resource section that encourages independent study.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780531147856
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2008
Series:	A True Book (Relaunch)
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	7.13(w) x 8.38(h) x (d)
Age Range:	8 - 10 Years

About the Author

Landau has a bachelor's degree in English and journalism from New York University and a master's degree in library and information science from Pratt Institute.

Table of Contents

A Special Statue for a Special Place: Why was the Statue of Liberty a good fit for the young United States?     7
The Big Idea: How do you wrap a 450,000-pound gift?     13
Symbols of Freedom: What is Lady Liberty trying to say?     16
Making the Dream Come True: Sure we'd like a statue-but who will pay for it?     18
Building the Statue: Who needs a jigsaw puzzle when you have a statue?     23
Liberty on Display: How do you build a giant sculpture and ship it across the ocean?     29
Liberty Lives On: She stands all day long! Doesn't she ever get tired?     37
True Statistics     43
Resources     44
Important Words     46
Index     47
About the Author     48