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Overview
America is beautiful because its land and people are so varied ... 50 proud states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico ... each with its own history and heroes, landforms, and life-style. And now each has its own story told, its people profiled, its greatness celebrated, in one of the 52 volumes comprising America the Beautiful. The material covered corresponds to social studies curricula for grades 5 through 8. However, with their crisp, clear writing ... breathtaking, full-color graphics ... and wealth of factual material, logically organized to invite easy reference ... these books are completely suitable for students from grade 4 through high school. In every book of America the Beautiful, the engagingly written text covers the geography, history, government, economy, arts, and recreation of the state, concluding with an exciting "tour" of significant sights. Then comes the remarkably complete reference section, usually over 30 pages and designed in a way that allows students to find easily the information they are looking for.The reference section includes:
-- Facts at a Glance, including key statistics on all aspects of the state, conveniently arranged by subject
-- Important Dates, an outline chronology of the state's history
-- Important People, dozens of profiles of the state's leading historical and contemporary men and women in politics, commerce and industry, the arts and other areas; many of these notables are pictured
-- Map Section, a full-page political map of the state plus specialized maps graphically depicting topography, population, products, precipitation, counties, and major roads
-- Index of names, subjects, and illustrations.
Discusses the land, people, history, government, economy, sports, and recreation of Alaska.
Editorials
Children's Literature
"The Last Frontier." That is what Alaskans like to call their state. That is a bit of an exaggeration, but as this book in the "This Land is Your Land" series makes clear, Alaska is a pretty wild place. The book is organized into easy to use sections. There are two maps; one showing the vast state and another showing where it sits in relation to the rest of the U.S. The state's remarkably varied terrain of mountains, volcanoes, islands, beaches, rain forests, glaciers, and tundra is described. A section on the state's history describes the Eskimos and Native Americans who first inhabited the region. It then explains that Alaska once belonged to Russia before being purchased by the United States and becoming a state. The gold rushes that have helped populated the state are also described. One section describes how the state and local governments are organized; Alaska is divided into boroughs rather than counties. A section about Alaskans at work describes the states jobs in gold mining, oil fields, fishing, government and tourism. The section entitled "Getting to Know Alaskans" describes popular festivals and the internationally known Iditarod Sled Dog Race. The back of the book provides a glossary, interesting facts, state symbols, recipes, the state song, brief biographies of famous Alaskans, and lists of books, websites, and addresses for more information. This is a must have for any school library. 2004, Compass Point Books, Ages 8 to 12.—Marcie Flinchum Atkins
Book Details
Published
August 28, 2005
Publisher
The Childs World Inc
Pages
40
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781592963713