02106cam a2200361 4500 509495392 TxAuBib 20210825120000.0 180523s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018010770 9781524786090 (paperback) 1524786098 (paperback) (OCoLC)1039187344 TxAuBib Demuth, Patricia. What is the Constitution? / by Patricia Brennan Demuth ; illustrated by Tim Foley. New York, New York : Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2018] ℗2018. 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. What is What was--? Includes bibliographical references (page 108). "We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the US Constitution came into being. Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers--fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 states--argued fiercely for many months over what ended up being only a four-page document. Here is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the hotly fought issues--those between Northern and Southern States; big states and little ones--and the key players such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington who suffered through countless revisions to make the Constitution happen"-- Provided by publisher. 20210825. United States. Constitution. Constitution (United States) (OCoLC)fst01356075. 1700-1799. Constitutional history United States 18th century Juvenile literature. Instructional and educational works. Foley, Tim, 1962- What is. What was--?