Celebrating Illinois / written by Marion Dane Bauer ; illustrated by C.B. Canga.
Material type: TextSeries: 50 states to celebrate | Green Light readers. Level 3 Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 36 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0544123751 (trade pbk.)
- 0544129008 (paper over board)
- 9780544123755 (trade pbk.)
- 9780544129009 (paper over board)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Reader | 917.73 B344 | Available | 33111007656511 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Reader | 917.73 B344 | Available | 33111007575430 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Say hello to Mr. Geo, everybody's favorite geography teacher! He loves to explore new places. Today he's visiting Illinois, the Prairie State. His first stop is Chicago for a colorful kite-flying festival and a visit to the Field Museum to see the biggest T Rex skeleton ever found! He's also going to ride riverboats, see amazing skyscrapers, work on a farm, climb the mysterious Cahokia Mounds, and see historic places where Abraham Lincoln lived and worked. Join Mr. Geo on his travels around Illinois. Together, you will discover what makes this a state to celebrate. Includes maps and learning activities. Colorful, you-are-there illustrations, the highly animated narrator, and easy-to-decode text are great for beginning and newly independent readers.
Takes beginning readers on a whirlwind tour of Illinois, the Prairie state with Mr. Geo. His first stop is Chicago for a kite-flying festival and a trip to the museum to see the biggest T. Rex skeleton ever found! Then he will ride riverboats, work on a farm, climb the mysterious Cahokia Mounds and visit place where President Lincoln lived and worked, plus much more.
"Guided Reading M ; Reading Recovery 20 ; Interest Level Grades 1-4"