Wow! America! (A Wow! Picture Book) - Hardcover

Neubecker, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786838167 ISBN 13: 9780786838165

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006

Synopsis

An exuberant introduction to the wonders of our country shows Izzy and her little sister Jo rowing down the Mississippi, eating pies at the Kentucky State Fair, marveling at Niagara Falls and the California sequoias, and much more.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Neubecker is a regular contributor to Slate.com, Business Week, Time, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. His books include Wow! America! and Wow! City! (an ALA Notable Book), as well as Courage of the Blue Boy and Beasty Bath. A longtime New Yorker, Robert now lives with his growing family and the occasional moose on Iron Mountain in Park City, Utah.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 3–This follow-up to Wow! City! (Hyperion, 2004) is aptly named: with every turn of a page, readers will find themselves exclaiming, Wow! The beginning endpapers boast a giant map of the United States, with two tiny sisters gazing up at it in wonder. On the next spread, the children hurry down the road from their mountain home, as Izzy chases after Jo. The title page shows the girls running across another map as they set off to explore their country. The colorful, eye-grabbing, two-page paintings that follow depict some of America's most popular and fascinating locales: Washington, DC (Wow! Capitol!), Cape Canaveral (Wow! Space!), and more. The sisters marvel at Niagara Falls, visit an Atlantic Coast beach, eye pies at a state fair, wrangle horses in the West, stand before the glorious Rockies, and view Mauna Loa from a helicopter. Three-page gatefolds provide glimpses of the busy Mississippi River and the Grand Canyon. At book's end, the intrepid travelers run into their mother's arms for a hug (Wow! Home!). Packed with interesting details and loads of action, the playful illustrations grab readers' attention, drawing them into a fun-filled journey. Energetic, captivating, and irresistible, this is geography, sociology, and Americana all in one book. Wow!–Jodi Kearns, University of Akron, OH
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About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0786838167
• ISBN 13: 9780786838165
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Neubecker Robert