Only in New York: Weird and Wonderful Facts About The Empire State

by Heather Alexander, Joseph Moffat-Pena (Illustrator)

Overview

The next in this state-by-state strand of the best-selling 50 States series, Only in New York explores the most amazing sites, cities, history, and natural landscapes of the Empire State.

From the roar of Niagara Falls to the tip of Lady Liberty's torch, explore the length and breadth of New York with the help of little-known facts and colorful art. A state map, timelines, and spotlight spreads shine a light on the best and most surprising sites, histories, places, people, culture, and food this state has to offer.

Locations include: New York City, Long Island, Albany, the Hudson Valley, the Catskills and Adirondacks, Syracuse, the Finger Lakes, and many more.

Discover fun-filled festivals, storied monuments, famous New Yorkers, and even inventions you never knew came from the state. It's all here in Only in New York, so start spreadin' the news!

Each book in the state-by-state subseries covers the following areas:

1. Weird and wacky stats and facts
2. Historical timeline
3. Local sports
4. Museums, amusement parks, and cultural events
5. Food and drink
6. Animals and plants
7. Inventions
8. Fun festivals
9. Changemakers and superstars
10. Quiz questions

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: 50 Trailblazers of the 50 States, Only in America, Only in Texas, Only in California, We Are the United States, 50 Adventures in the 50 States, and The 50 States, as well as a wide range of activity books and gifts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780711281431
Publisher:	Wide Eyed Editions
Publication date:	09/26/2023
Series:	50 States Series
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	1,043,188
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	7 - 11 Years

About the Author

Born in New York and now based in sunny California, Heather Alexander is the author of numerous books for children, both fiction and nonfiction, including Only In America, Eat Bugs: Project Startup, A Child’s Introduction to the Nutcracker, A Child’s Introduction to Egyptology, and the Wallace and Grace early chapter book series. Heather also works as a children's book editor. Visit her at heatheralexanderbooks.com.Joseph Moffat-Peña is a children’s book author and illustrator based in Oregon City, Oregon, US. From a young age, Joseph showed a keen interest in drawing. Some of his early inspirations include Ed Emberly, Genndy Tartakovsky, and Dr. Seuss. While Joseph primarily works digitally, he also enjoys experimenting with various traditional drawing and painting methods. All of his digital brushes and textures have been carefully created traditionally first. Aside from illustrating, Joseph enjoys exploring trails with his wife and two dogs, listening to and playing music, and going out to the movies.

Table of Contents

Welcome to New York
Stats & Facts
New York City
History Timeline
Long Island
Spectacular Sports
Hudson Valley
Trees & Flowers
The Catskills
Museums & Attractions
Albany & the Capital Region
Food, Glorious Food
Thousand Islands
Amazing Animals
The Adirondacks
Cool Inventions
Syracuse & Central New York
Fun Festivals
The Finger Lakes & Rochester
Change Makers
Buffalo
The Awe of Mother Nature
Niagara Falls
Weird, Weirder, Weirdest
Index
 

Editorial Reviews

"...eye-catching, colorful, iconic scenes... Informative and fun."—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2023-07-13
Take a virtual road trip around New York State.

A “Welcome to New York” introduction along with an illustrated map of the state sets a lighthearted tone, suggesting everything that is weird and wonderful and uniquely New York. Each region of the state is introduced in its own double-page spread from the bottom-up, beginning with New York City and Long Island and moving north and west until reaching Niagara Falls and the Canadian border, all depicted in eye-catching, colorful, iconic scenes from each area, with scattered text in a small font providing appropriate factual bits and pieces on everything from sports, food, and nature to museums and attractions and much more. Statistics and a historical timeline are included. What could have been a straightforward textbook is, instead, a quirky approach to the subject that encourages young readers to peruse the elements that appeal to them and to come back to learn more. There is plenty of solid information here, but there is also a great deal of the odd and unexpected and, yes, the weird and wacky, from a mention of the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival to a section on things invented in New York (among them Jell-O, Scrabble, and pipe cleaners). (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Informative and fun. (index) (Informational picture book. 7-11)

Kirkus Reviews