50 Cities of the U.S.A.
Explore America's cities with 50 fact-filled maps
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3.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
From Anchorage to Washington D.C., take a trip through America’s well-loved cities with this unique A-Z like no other, lavishly illustrated and annotated with key cultural icons, from famous people and inventions to events, food, and monuments.
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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this oversize companion to The 50 States, Balkan and Linero look at 50 U.S. cities pictured from above in grid-style maps. Introductory sections identify noteworthy characteristics ("Memphis has been called one of the most musical places on the planet and, for sure, you can hear live music each night on Beale Street"), while sidebars offer facts and ideas about how to spend a day in each city ("Dig for bones in the Bonehunters Quarry at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History," Balkan suggests for a morning in Pittsburgh, Pa.). Readers will learn plenty of trivia-worthy details about these cities, though they may get less of a sense of their geography the maps are fairly littered with tiny icons representing local landmarks, attractions, historical events, and figures, along with accompanying captions. Ages 7 10. Correction: An earlier version of this review misstated the locations of some of the cities covered in the book.
