What is the constitution?
By: by Patricia Brennan Demuth ; illustrated by Tim Foley
Contributors: Foley, Tim, 1962- illustrator
Series: What was?
Publisher: Penguin Workshop; Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9781524786090; 9781524786113; 9781544405483
Subjects: Constitutional history; Juvenile literature
Description: "We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the US Constitution came into being.  Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers--fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 states--argued fiercely for many months over what ended up being only a four-page document. Here is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the hotly fought issues--those between Northern and Southern States; big states and little ones--and the key players such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington who suffered through countless revisions to make the Constitution happen"--

"We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the US Constitution came into being. Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers--fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 states--argued fiercely for many months over what ended up being only a four-page document. Here is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the hotly fought issues--those between Northern and Southern States; big states and little ones--and the key players such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington who suffered through countless revisions to make the Constitution happen"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 108).