S is for Smithsonian: America's Museum Alphabet (Science Alphabet) - Hardcover

Roland Smith; Marie Smith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585363146 ISBN 13: 9781585363148

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press, 2010

Synopsis

Where can one find the world's largest mounted African elephant? Or the world's largest blue diamond? Why, at the world's largest museum complex and research organization, of course! In S is for Smithsonian® readers can take an armchair tour of the incredible exhibitions and collections found in the Smithsonian Museum. When it opened in 1855, no one could have imagined that the Smithsonian Museum would grow to include 19 museums, nine research centers, or over 130 million objects, artworks, and specimens collected from all over the world. With over 25 million visitors a year, the Smithsonian truly is the world's largest museum! See the airplane Amelia Earhart flew on her solo Atlantic flight. Admire diamond earrings that once belonged to Marie Antoinette. From A-Z, S is for Smithsonian® explores the amazing objects and memorable displays that are part of this remarkable museum. Marie and Roland Smith have collaborated on several alphabet titles, including B is for Beaver: An Oregon Alphabet and Z is for Zookeeper: A Zoo Alphabet. They live on a small farm south of Portland. The author of many books for children, Roland has also penned Sleeping Bear Press's middle-grade series, I, Q. Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen has illustrated more than 20 books with Sleeping Bear Press, including the bestselling The Legend of Sleeping Bear; The Edmund Fitzgerald: Song of the Bell; and most recently, Itsy Bitsy & Teeny Weeny. He and his wife, Robbyn, live in Bath, Michigan, on their 40-acre farm and wildlife refuge.

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From the Back Cover:

Here is an armchair tour of the incredible collections found in the Smithsonian, where you can see Amelia Earhart's airplane, Marie Antoinette's diamond earrings, and the world's largest mounted elephant. With over 130 million objects are housed in 19 museums and nine research centers, this is the world's biggest museum.

About the Author:

Roland Smith grew up in Oregon and live on a small farm south of Portland. Roland is the author of many award-winning books for children including Thunder Cave, Sasquatch, Jaguar, Zach's Lie, and The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe, which won the Pacific Northwest Bookseller's Award. Roland and his wife Marie also collaborated on B is for Beaver: An Oregon Alphabet, published in 2003.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1585363146
• ISBN 13: 9781585363148
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen