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Jean Fritz
American
Writer
Born:
Nov 16
,
1915
Died:
May 14
,
2017
Character
History
Me
Mother
Research
Writing
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The way they taught history in schools was not appealing. They stressed wars and dates. They left the people out. I was attracted to history by the need to know about the people. In China, I went to a British school, and we just learned about kings and queens. Back in America, I had the regular social studies curriculum.
Jean Fritz
History
People
School
Back
Way
Out
Kings
About
Dates
Had
Studies
Know
Attracted
Schools
Learned
Queens
Left
America
Just
Taught
Curriculum
China
Social
Regular
Wars
Appealing
British
Need
Stressed
When I lived in China, there were no libraries. My mother bought books for me, and they were mostly the classics. I read 'Peter Pan,' 'The Secret Garden,' the 'Rosemary' books, and Kipling's 'Just So' Stories was one of my favorites. No, I didn't read historical fiction. It didn't exist where I was growing up in China.
Jean Fritz
Me
Garden
Mother
Secret
Books
Libraries
Favorites
Classics
Bought
Mostly
Read
Were
Exist
Historical
Historical Fiction
Up
Just
Where
Fiction
Stories
China
Peter
Peter Pan
Growing
Lived
Growing Up
Pan
One of the most important things in my childhood were the new books that came in. I feel sorry for kids today who have so many other options like television that they may not value books as much as they could enjoy them.
Jean Fritz
Today
Value
Important
Sorry
Important Things
Enjoy
Other
Books
Television
Kids
Could
Feel
New
Like
Most
Came
Were
Options
May
Childhood
The Most Important
Them
Much
Who
Many
Things
The first 13 years of my life, I lived in China. My parents were missionaries there, and I was an only child. Often I felt lonely and out of place. Writing for me became my private place, where no one could come.
Jean Fritz
Life
Me
Writing
Lonely
My Life
Parents
First
Out
Only
Only Child
Could
No-One
Come
Missionaries
Became
Felt
Private
Were
Years
Child
Often
Where
Place
China
Lived
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