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Go, Go America | 
 enlarge | Author: Dan Yaccarino
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Category: Book
List Price: $17.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 345828
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 80
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 9.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 0439703387
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN: 9780439703383
ASIN: 0439703387
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Condition: new
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Product Description
What state’s official cookie is the chocolate chip cookie?
What state hosts the International Rotten Sneaker Contest?
Which state is it illegal to enter with a chicken on your head?
To find the answers to these questions and hundreds more, just hitch a ride with the fabulous Farley family--Mom, Dad, Freddie, Fran, and Fido--as they travel state to state and discover far-out festivals, kooky contests, ludicrous laws, peculiar people, and oodles of oddities across America. So fasten your seat belt and get ready to go, go through fifty states of fun!
Snappy, often humorous facts fill each page along with Yaccarino’s bold, colorful, quirky illustrations. Also included are maps and cleverly designed backmatter with information every kid needs: state mottos, state flowers, state birds, state trees, state nicknames, etc. This is a rollicking road trip to be visited again and again by readers of all ages on the go, go.
About the author:
Dan's inspiration for this book came from the road trips he took with his own fabulous family as a kid. He says, "I spent a lot of time in the back seat of the family station wagon with my brother and sister as our family traveled the East coast on many road trips. I have amazing memories of touring Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, eating frogs' legs in Georgia, and watching gator wrestling in Florida."
These days, Dan travels with his wife and two children to many of the very same destinations. He's even caught himself shouting, "Don't make me pull this car over!"
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 I'm on the road again, Brother! August 3, 2008
30 out of 55 found this review helpful
Dan Yaccarino created this great travel book for kids just in time for summer trips. Using this book as a learning tool to expand your child's knowledge will be a wonderful thing. I estimate the reading level is 6-10, depending on the child and the reading interest is 6-12.
Each state is represented with 6-9 facts per state, including the capital.
Some of the facts are fun, some mundane, and some inane. For example, Louisiana (my home state) contains these facts:
1. "In New Orleans, a fire engine must STOP for a red light, even if it is on the way to a fire." Why would the publisher include such a fact!? This is an example of inane and I took off a point for this. Or, "the honeybee is Louisiana's official state insect." I just wish we had more honeybees. I have seen very few this sumer.
2. "Guiden is known as the Duck Capital of America.!"
The state of Maine has these things:
1. 90% of the Blueberries in the United States come from Maine, so save some room for dessert!
2. More toothpicks are produced in Maine than is any other state--100 million a day are made.
3. Augusta is the captal of Maine.
Let's try Pennyslvania:
1. "Did you know that Philadelpia is home to the Liberty Bell?
2. "The nation's largest insectarium is in Philadelphia. Watch Tarantulas,
Cockroaches, and Assorted Bugs."
Florida rates two pages:
1. The Overseas Highway, which runs from Miami to Key West, is known as one of the longest over-water roads in the world."
2. Did you know that Forida is known as the Alligator State and has the world's largest Alligator population?
And so it goes!. In the back of the book is a another great feature for travel: For each state is a long list of answers to these topics:
Statehood, Order of Statehood, square miles, bird, flower, tree, motto, and nickname.
I have just one more question: When do we Go, Go America?
 Great Fun! June 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book can be enjoyed by children and grownups alike -- there's fun here for everyone -- and good information too.
Capturing April 22, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book has been a hit amongst my students. They like to read the fun, silly facts that belong to each state. They are constantly sharing the fun facts with me as they read.
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