Only in America Activity Book

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Pub Date 12 Apr 2022 | Archive Date 29 Mar 2022

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Play your way through the U.S. of A with the ​Only in America! Activity Book, which takes you from Alaska to Alabama via the strangest facts, the biggest foods, the craziest events, and plenty of super-fun puzzles, games, and challenges to boot.

This one-of-a-kind activity book takes you on an exploration of the weird and wonderful 50 states, celebrating the people, places and cultures that make America unique. Inside, you will find crosswords, word searches, mazes, quizzes, coloring, and so much more. Each activity is themed around a different facet of the Freaky Fifty, and every page is fit to burst with unbelievable trivia. Where else but America would you find Einstein’s eyeballs and the world’s smallest cat? The answer is: in this book!

The Only in America! Activity Book is a wild ride through the States as you’ve never seen them before, and the perfect pairing of did-you-know facts with fun, engrossing activities to test your creativity, problem-solving, and general knowledge. This book makes an ideal gift for 6- to 10-year-olds on those long road trips, school breaks, or simply afternoons at home.

The states await! Grab your pen and your coloring pencils, get stuck in, and discover firsthand what makes you say, “Only in America!”

If you love this activity book, check out the original Only in America!, the essential guide to all that’s odd and awesome in the USA.

The 50 States series of books for young explorers celebrates the USA and the wider world with key facts and fun activities about the people, history, and natural environments that make each location within them uniquely wonderful. Beautiful illustrations, maps, and infographics bring the places to colorful life.

Also available from the series:50 Trailblazers of the 50 States, Only in America, Only in California, Only in Texas, We Are the United States, 50 Adventures in the 50 States, 50 Maps of the World, 50 Maps of the World Activity Book, and The 50 States.
Play your way through the U.S. of A with the ​Only in America! Activity Book, which takes you from Alaska to Alabama via the strangest facts, the biggest foods, the craziest events, and plenty of...

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ISBN 9780711272897
PRICE US$12.99 (USD)
PAGES 32

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I really wanted to check this book out for a grandchild but I never figured out how to access the book. It would not go to my kindle

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This is an activity book that also includes a number of fun facts and sections entitled “Would you rather?” It will engage kids and offer some entertainment that is not on a screen. Just a few of the puzzles included are word searches, mazes and matching puzzles. It should be enjoyed by its target audience.

Many thanks to NetGalley and this title. All opinions are my own.

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As a former teacher, I looked at this for not just how well it might serve children of the target age, 6-10, but what other ideas it might spark in the adults about them. I'd say it should be relatively easy to not just come up with other ideas but adapt the activities given to other age brackets. That is a real plus. Since I didn't have any 6-10 year olds handy this snowy day in Alaska, I made a point of looking closely at the activities. The author and illustrator made that easy with bright colorful, even whimsical drawings. I will also note that as one who grew up with maps showing my now home state of Alaska plopped down near Mexico or even in the Gulf of Mexico, it was nice to see a map rendered showing both Alaska and Hawaii in a more more accurate location.

What sort of activities will you find in this book? As the blurb says, you'll find "crosswords, word searches, mazes, quizzes, coloring, and so much more." I liked how most involved thinking things through, too, so to speak. For instance, the Fruity Sudoku and "Yard Sale" activities involved not just seeing relationships but how they worked together. I've seen countless more complicated similar activities aimed at adults, so these were good introductions to using one's mind to order things and see relationships. Since these activities are aimed at relatively young children, they rely as much on the drawings as numbers, I noted. Crosswords also utilized that tactic, using illustrations as well as scrambled words for word searches and such. In other words, some problem solving involving the brain. The imagination is also engaged with some activities asking users to draw a picture of their own or write their own thoughts. In other words, there is a bit of everything and just enough variety to keep children, at least those not accustomed to the blinking lights of video or cell phones, engaged.

Thank you #NetGalley and #QuartoPublishingGroup for helping entertain me on a snowy afternoon in Alaska. And, as noted, thanks to the author and illustrator to showing my home state in a far more accurate location.

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This was an absolute delight. I got the ebook copy, but would buy the hard copy in a heartbeat. There are so many fun games, facts, and pictures in here to make it so engaging! Loved this so much! My kids LOVED it and couldn't put it down!

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