Quantcast
Channel: Books by Anne Rockwell
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 18 View Live

Filippo’s Dome

{cover filipposdome_400w.jpg} {credit author=Anne Rockwell| illustrator=Anne Rockwell | publisher=Atheneum| year=1967|} The building of the dome of the city of Florence by Brunelleschi. 

View Article


Glass, Stones and Crown – The Abbe Suger and the Building of St. Denis

{cover glassstonescrown_400w.jpg} {credit author=Anne Rockwell| illustrator=Anne Rockwell | publisher=Atheneum| year=1968|} The story behind the building of the first Gothic cathedral in Europe.{amazon...

View Article


Temple on a Hill: The Building of the Parthenon

{cover templeonahill_400w.jpg} {credit author=Anne Rockwell| illustrator=Anne Rockwell | publisher=Atheneum| year=1972|} How the victorious Athenians rebuilt their city under the leadership of Pericles. 

View Article

Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth

{cover onlypassingthrough_400w.jpg} {credit author=Anne Rockwell| illustrator=R. Gregory Christie | publisher=Knopf Books for Young Readers| year=2000|} The inspiring story of how a woman, born a slave...

View Article

The Prince Who Ran Away

{cover princewhoranaway_400w.jpg}{credit author=Anne Rockwell| illustrator=Fahimeh Amiri | publisher=Knopf Books for Young Readers| year=2001|} A prince was born in India 2,000 years ago. He could have...

View Article


They Called Her Molly Pitcher

{cover mollyPitcher_400w.jpg} {credit author=Anne Rockwell| illustrator=Cynthia Von Buhler | publisher=Dragonfly Books| year=2006|} During the Revolutionary War, Molly Hays followed her husband into...

View Article

Big George: How a Shy Boy Became President Washington

{cover big_george_400w.jpg}{credit author=Anne Rockwell| illustrator=Matt Phelan | publisher=Houghton Mifflin| year=2008|}Before he was the face on the dollar bill, George Washington was a shy boy with...

View Article

Open the Door to Liberty! A Biography of Toussaint L’Ouverture

{cover toussaint_377.jpg} {credit author=Anne Rockwell| illustrator=R. Gregory Christie | publisher=Houghton Mifflin| year=2009|} The island now known as Haiti was once a French colony called St....

View Article


Hey, Charleston!: The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band

{cover heycharleston_400w.jpg} {credit author=Anne Rockwell| illustrator=Colin Bootman | publisher=Carolhoda Books | year=2013|} What happened when a former slave took beat-up old instruments and gave...

View Article

Browsing latest articles
Browse All 18 View Live