The Scrambled States of America Talent Show - Softcover

Keller, Laurie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312628242 ISBN 13: 9780312628246

Publisher: Square Fish, 2010

Synopsis

Those wacky scrambled states are at it again. This time they've come together for a spectacular show featuring their many goofball talents. But just when the director, Indiana, is about to call SHOWTIME!, Georgia gets a bad case of stage fright and can't perform in her juggling act. Will the show go on, or will it be curtains for Georgia and the Jolly Jugglers? This title has Common Core connections.

The Scrambled States of America Talent Show is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

About this title

Review:

Travel across the country with Laurie Keller's wacky, clever cartoon drawings. Keller brings each state to life and gives them all unique personalities. Take a look at the comic adventures of Vermont as he tries to learn the state abbreviations.

About the Author:

Laurie Keller is the acclaimed author-illustrator of Do Unto Otters, Arnie, the Doughnut, The Scrambled States of America, and Open Wide: Tooth School Inside, among numerous others. She grew up in Muskegon, Michigan, and always loved to draw, paint and write stories. She earned a B.F.A. at Kendall College of Art and Design, then worked at Hallmark as a greeting card illustrator for seven-and-a-half years, until one night she got an idea for a children's book. She quit her job, moved to New York City, and soon had published her first book. She loved living in New York, but she has now returned to her home state, where she lives in a little cottage in the woods on the shore of Lake Michigan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Square Fish
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0312628242
• ISBN 13: 9780312628246
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Keller Laurie