Written for the youngest audience...the text is very simple yet manages to convey all the major events in Liberty's creation....The full-color watercolors show amazing detail and are extremely rich."--Horn Book.
The Maestros do a real service here in presenting the more familiar explorers in the context of all the migrations that have populated the Western Hemisphere....An outstanding introduction."--Kirkus Reviews. "The dazzlingly clean and accurate prose and the exhilarating beauty of the pictures combine for an extraordinary achievement in both history and art."--School Library Journal.
The reader is introduced to such typical city words as "theater, ""museum," "office building," and "train station" as a taxi travels through a hectic workday in and around the city.
Here are twenty-two outrageous original riddles perfectly targeted to the funny bones of beginning readers. Laughing over the sheer silliness of these riddles and their zany illustrations, young readers will discover for themselves the delight of wacky wordplay. And just what do you hear when cows sing? MOOsic, of course!
Trace the origins of more than 100 eponymous words—words derived from the names of people and places. What food was first cooked up in Hamburg, Germany? Hamburgers What country is named after the Italian sailor Amerigo Vespucci? America What do you call people and places whose names become words? Eponyms! Meet the people and places behind more than 100 eponymous words and read the fascinating stories of why words were created for them. What would be the meaning of a word named after you?
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