50 Cities of the U.S.A.
Explore America's cities with 50 fact-filled maps
by Gabrielle Balkan
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Pub Date Sep 07 2017 | Archive Date Oct 13 2017
Quarto Publishing Group - Wide Eyed Editions | Wide Eyed Editions
Description
Explore skyscraper streets, museum miles, local food trucks, and city parks of the United States of America and discover more than 2,000 facts that celebrate the people, culture, and diversity that have helped make America what it is today.
Cities include Anchorage • Atlanta • Austin • Baltimore • Birmingham • Boise • Boston • Burlington • Charleston • Charlotte • Cheyenne • Chicago • Cleveland • Columbus • Denver • Detroit • Hartford • Honolulu • Houston • Indianapolis • Jacksonville • Kansas City • Las Vegas • Little Rock • Los Angeles • Louisville • Memphis • Miami • Milwaukee • Minneapolis-St. Paul • Nashville • New Orleans • New York • Newark • Newport • Oklahoma City • Philadelphia • Phoenix • Pittsburgh • Portland, ME • Portland, OR • Rapid City • Salt Lake City • San Francisco • Santa Fe • Seattle • St. Louis • Tucson • Virginia Beach • Washington, D.C.
The 50 States series of books for young explorers celebrates the USA and the wider world with key facts and fun activities about the people, history, and natural environments that make each location within them uniquely wonderful. Beautiful illustrations, maps, and infographics bring the places to colorful life.
Also available from the series:The 50 States, The 50 States: Activity Book, The 50 States: Fun Facts, 50 Trailblazers of the 50 States, 50 Maps of the World, 50 Adventures in the 50 States, 50 Maps of the World Activity Book, Only in America!, and We Are the 50 States.
A Note From the Publisher
Please note that due to size constraints, this is a sampler and not the full book.
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781847808707 |
PRICE | $30.00 (USD) |
PAGES | 112 |
Featured Reviews
50 Cities of the U.S.A. is a great book for introducing your kids to other places in the United States. It is a really cool book that kids ages 7-11 would likely enjoy. My little geography buff absolutely loved seeing all of the facts about these different cities, and seeing just how different cities within the same country, and some even within the same state, can be vastly different. We talked about the places we have already been, and the places we would love to go visit. I recommend this book for older elementary aged kids.
50 cities from the macro to the micro with exemplary contemporary and historical detail. I want to spend time satiating my geographical curiousity with this title and have come to expect only the best from Wide Eyed Editions!
Netgalley ARC Review -- 50 Cities of the U.S.A. would be a wonderful addition to your library collection. The bright illustrations draw in the reader, provide unique facts, highlight interesting people from each city, and set up a timeline for a great day spent in each city. Last but not least, there is a look and find or memory game at the end of the book to bring you back into the book after it is finished.
50 Cities of the U.S.A. by Gabrielle Balkan is a book I couldn't wait to get in my classroom. As soon as I read it, I wanted to add it to our room. This is a book that will inspire great thinking about travel, the United States and different events, structures, and people. The book has so much to offer and sets it up in a fun, easy to read format. Children could look through the book to find just facts about buildings in the city or people. I find this to be such an excellent book because it provides in depth information for children who already have a geographic passion, but will also inspire new thinking for children who have yet to discover geography. I hope Balkan does more like this!
Wonderful book about 50 cities of USA........... COLOURFUL PICTURES.........
50 Cities of the U.S.A. by Gabrielle Balkan is an informative book about famous people and places in some of the United States' best known cities. The book contains beautiful illustrations and the trivia. Each city gets a two-page spread, and the author and illustrator Sol Linero do a great job in packing the two pages with as much information as possible.
This is a book that will inspire great thinking about travel, the United States and different events, structures, and people. The book has so much to offer and sets it up in a fun, easy to read format. Children could look through the book to find just facts about buildings in the city or people. I find this to be such an excellent book because it provides in depth information for children who already have a geographic passion, but will also inspire new thinking for children who have yet to discover geography.
I recommend this book for children who enjoy learning about the U.S. and geography.
I received an ARC of 50 Cities of the U.S.A from NetGalley via Quarto Publishing Group and Wide Eyed Editions.
This cute, compact tome is chockfull of information about famous people and places in some of the U.S.'s best known cities. I loved the illustrations and the trivia contained within its pages.
Although I received an electronic advanced reader copy of 50 Cities of the U.S.A.: Explore America's Cities With Fifty Fact-Filled Maps by Gabrielle Balkan, this is one of those books which would be better pursued in hard cover.
Utilizing an A to Z format, the 112 colorfully annotated pages, illustrated by Sol Linero, highlights each of 50 cities with trivia focusing on famous people, inventions, foods, and historical/cultural tourist destinations, to introduce and perhaps whet ones appetite to visit these locales. Each city spans two pages chock full of vibrant details or info graphics laid over a map. This is a perfect introduction which parents can share with their children prior to a trip or which can assist families in reliving their vacation at a later date. There is a follow up Trivia Section at the end of the book to test ones knowledge of famous sites throughout the country. Selected cities include Boston, Charleston, Chicago, Detroit, Honolulu, Los Vegas, Miami, New Orleans, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. as well as numerous other venues.
While I thank Netgalley and the Quarto Publishing Group for providing this partial ARC for a book which appeals to people of all ages (in exchange for an honest review), I was disappointed that my hometown of Buffalo, New York didn't make the cut. Four stars.
While I was very much so looking forward to reading and reviewing this book, it unfortunately was archived by the publisher before I was able to read it.
Bright colours, interesting facts, famous people and wonderful places. This is a great little introduction to cities around America, and to the idea of travel. It is easy to read and I can imagine it being very popular. I'd love to see more books that are similar to this one - in both design and content.
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