Georgia: What's So Great About This State?

by Kate Boehm Jerome

Overview

Help your child discover and understand exactly what makes Georgia so great - and perhaps learn a thing or two yourself!

DO YOU KNOW… WHY the land in the Okefenokee Swamp seems to move? (Hint: It has to do with floating islands!) WHAT threatened the entire Georgia cotton business in the early 1920s? (Hint: It was smaller than your fingernail!) Find these answers and more in the Georgia edition of What's So Great About This State?

Arcadia Kids is a new series of fun, colorful, easy-to-read books for children ages 7-11 featuring attention-grabbing cover art that invites conversational style content, and vivid full-color images of landmarks and geography. Parents, grandparents, and savvy shoppers will appreciate the feel good factor of purchasing books that are both fun AND educational.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589730113
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	04/07/2010
Series:	Arcadia Kids
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,111,233
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	750L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Kate Boehm Jerome loves to write educational books for kids! Her award-winning programs are avidly read by thousands of young people in homes and schools throughout the United States. Jerome has spent an entire career developing educational programs for kids. After spending 15 years in educational publishing, she made the leap to full-time writing in 2001. Since then, her unique perspectives and original voice have inspired her to create and direct hundreds of children's books in many different series. Jerome's books have earned Teacher's Choice and Children's Book Council awards, and her new series that is currently launching "Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know" (Arcadia, 2010) is already receiving kudos from the very people who often inspire her the most—the mommy bloggers! Kate is an active volunteer in her local school district and is a member of various Boards and organizations that promote both child and adult literacy—and, in particular, science literacy.