always overlooked as a child. I thought the illustrations in this book made the book very enjoyable with its pictures colorful and very entertaining. Peggy Rathmann is the author and illustrator of Officer Buckle and Gloria. She was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and grew up in the suburbs with two brothers and two sisters. Ruby the Copycat earned Ms. Rathmann the most promising new author distinction in publishers weekly’s 1991 annual cuffie awards. In 1992 she illustrated Bootsie Barker Bites for her
This pushed him to join the sons of liberty to fight for the liberties he felt were being taken away from him. Benedict did not have many allies on the patriot side because of his short temper but his wife Peggy Shippen or also known as Margaret Shippen who was from a loyalist family in Philadelphia was a great influence on Benedict Arnold. Benedict Arnold believed Americans should fight back for there liberties as expressed in his quote “ good God , are the
never gave up his post. The Americans fought on and were forced to retreat. It was a crushing In the spring of 1778 Washington appointed Arnold the commander of the city of Philadelphia. While in this post Arnold met Peggy Shippen, who was the daughter of a loyalist sympathizer. Peggy and Arnold married on April 8,1779. This marriage greatly improved his social status, however, he did not have the money to finance the lifestyle to go along with it. He lived beyond his means and the Continental Congress
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Fun and Games – What are the games, and how much fun do people have? The play begins with George and Martha, who have just returned from a welcoming-party at the college. From the first moments of the play, the audience are made aware of the great differences between these two characters. Martha is said to be a “large, boisterous” woman, whereas George is referred to as a “thin” man, with hair that is going grey. Martha is an aggressive and loud woman, but