America Celebrates: The Most Incredible and Influential People, Places & Events of the Last 250 Years
Mar 2026 · becker&mayer! kids
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Celebrate 250 years of important people, places, and events in American history.
In honor of America’s 250th birthday, America Celebrates takes young readers on an exciting journey through a timeline of influential figures, notable landmarks, and special events dating back to 1776. Packed with colorful visuals and facts, this engaging and informative book covers one person, place, or event per year, introducing young readers to both famous and lesser-known, though still equally impactful, historical moments. America Celebrates offers children a fun and accessible way to learn about a diverse range of significant moments, locations, and individuals in American history, including:
With hundreds, even thousands, of possibilities, America Celebrates also discusses the challenge of only choosing one person, place, or event to represent per year. The book provides a list of questions discussed when selecting choices, encouraging young readers to reflect on the important contributions of each option. Further, the text encourages its young audience to engage with American history, inviting them to add their own people, places, and events to the list.
In honor of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, young readers can take a deep dive into the fascinating facts of American history in America Celebrates.
In honor of America’s 250th birthday, America Celebrates takes young readers on an exciting journey through a timeline of influential figures, notable landmarks, and special events dating back to 1776. Packed with colorful visuals and facts, this engaging and informative book covers one person, place, or event per year, introducing young readers to both famous and lesser-known, though still equally impactful, historical moments. America Celebrates offers children a fun and accessible way to learn about a diverse range of significant moments, locations, and individuals in American history, including:
- Teenage Sybil Ludington warns her community that the British are coming in 1777
- The Supreme Court rules the tomato a vegetable in 1893
- Eleanor Roosevelt hosts an all-female press conference in 1933
- Simone Biles makes history in the 2024 Olympics
With hundreds, even thousands, of possibilities, America Celebrates also discusses the challenge of only choosing one person, place, or event to represent per year. The book provides a list of questions discussed when selecting choices, encouraging young readers to reflect on the important contributions of each option. Further, the text encourages its young audience to engage with American history, inviting them to add their own people, places, and events to the list.
In honor of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, young readers can take a deep dive into the fascinating facts of American history in America Celebrates.
Celebrate 250 years of important people, places, and events in American history.
In honor of America’s 250th birthday, America Celebrates takes young readers on an exciting journey through a timeline of influential figures, notable landmarks, and special events dating back to 1776. Packed with c...
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About the author
Aubre Andrus is an award-winning children’s book author, ghostwriter, and former American Girl magazine editor. She has written for Disney, Nat Geo, American Girl, Scholastic, and more. Andrus loves visiting schools, literacy events, and writing conferences to share her experiences as a children’s book author. She has also appeared in podcasts and in the media to discuss breaking into children’s book publishing, the American Girl fandom, and The Look Up Series, her new women in STEM career book series.
Aubre Andrus is an award-winning children’s book author, ghostwriter, and former American Girl magazine editor. She has written for Disney, Nat Geo, American Girl, Scholastic, and more. Andrus loves visiting schools, literacy events, and writing conferences to share her experiences as a children’...
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