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You wouldn't want to be at the Boston Tea Party! : wharf water tea you'd rather not drink / written by Peter Cook ; illustrated by David Antram.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: You wouldn't want to--Publisher: New York : Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2014Edition: Revised editionDescription: 32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0531238563 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0531271056 (lib. bdg.)
  • 9780531238561 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780531271056 (lib. bdg.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Boston: cradle of independence -- No taxation without representation! -- The Boston massacre -- Sons of liberty -- The tea tax -- A growing rebellion -- The Boston tea party -- Punishment from London: the intolerable acts -- The British are coming! -- Boston besieged: the battle of Bunker Hill -- The American revolution -- A new nation.
Summary: A humorous look at the Boston Tea Party.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 973.3115 C771 Available 33111007227669
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 973.3115 C771 Available Removed front cover page as most of it had been torn out. 10/8/20 33111005189879
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story.Invites readers to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark and horrific side of life during important eras in history. This book uses humor to recount the events leading up to the colonists' defiant act against the British, describing the Boston Tea Party itself, as well as providing a brief history of the American Revolution.

Includes index.

Boston: cradle of independence -- No taxation without representation! -- The Boston massacre -- Sons of liberty -- The tea tax -- A growing rebellion -- The Boston tea party -- Punishment from London: the intolerable acts -- The British are coming! -- Boston besieged: the battle of Bunker Hill -- The American revolution -- A new nation.

A humorous look at the Boston Tea Party.

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