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Assembling these figures requires mini-brads and a 1/8-inch hole punch (not included). Updated with 5 new figures for America's 250th birthday! Fight for liberty with Lafayette, Speak out for freedom with John Adams, explore the wilderness with Daniel Boone, protect your people with Joseph Brant, and more! These movable paper figures to cut, color, and assemble let your children create new stories using memorable people from the era of the American Revolution. Newly updated and expanded for the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, this set includes 15 historical figures - soldiers, scientists, leaders, writers, and more, from all sides of this thrilling struggle - in both pre-colored and color-them-in versions, to cut out and assemble into movable action figures. Includes: Benjamin Franklin, the Marquis de Lafayette, George Washington, John Adams, Paul Revere, Thomas Jefferson, a soldier of the Continental Army, a soldier of the British Army, Molly Pitcher, Two Kettles (Tyonajanegen), Phyllis Wheatley, Patrick Henry, Betsy Ross, Daniel Boone, and Joseph Brant. * Detailed biography section with facts and stories about each figure * Companion reading list for read-alouds and independent readers to learn more about each figure and his or her culture * Meticulous illustrations based on historical paintings and descriptions * Easy to assemble (instructions included) * Colored and colorable versions of each character * Printed on sturdy card stock for hours of creative play

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9781944481988

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Cathy Diez-Luckie brings the past alive by integrating art and history in her award-winning activity books for children. Movable action figures captivate and engage children as they learn about the great figures of history. Diez-Luckie's art has appeared nationally and internationally in numerous illustrated reference books, children's books, and magazines. Trained at the Toledo Museum of Art and the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, she also holds a graduate degree from Stanford University. She lives in Bellingham, WA, with her husband and children, who happily test-drive her movable figure prototypes.

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