SHH! WE'RE WRITING THE CONSTITUTION By: Jean Fritz Illustrated By: Tomie dePaola

In the sweltering summer of 1787, fifty-five delegates from thirteen states huddled in the strictest secrecy in the Philadelphia State House to draw up aplan of government for the collection of states, and after four months of emotional outbursts and rousing debates, our Constitution was written. paper, 1987, 64 pages