Super Cities! Chicago

by Mark Shulman

Overview

Sometimes the coolest places are right outside your front door. Learning about Chicago’s interesting and unique culture has never been so super fun!

Did you know that Chicago’s Home Insurance Building was the world’s first skyscraper? Or that lacrosse was originally created by the Algonquian people? Have you ever heard that Walt Disney was born in Chicago? From the Great Chicago Fire, to delicious deep-dish pizza, Super Cities!: Chicago covers it all, and is sure to engage any reader with fun facts about the history, culture, and people who make this city great. Dive into Lake Michigan, explore Little Italy, and join in the fun at Lollapalooza, all right here. Take a peek inside to learn more about the impressive, unusual, super history of Chicago!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467198516
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	11/01/2021
Series:	Super Cities , #3
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	7 - 11 Years

About the Author

Though based in New York City, Mark Shulman has traveled widely and became a big fan of barbecue in both Chicago and Kansas City! He is the author of dozens of books for kids on a wide variety of nonfiction topics, from animals and palindromes to robots and football. His work has been published by National Geographic Kids, Time Inc. Books, Discovery, Penguin, and Scholastic. He has also written fiction, including the award-winning novel Scrawl.

Table of Contents

Welcome to Chicago! 4

Chicago: Map It! 6

Outdoors! 8

Chicago Means 10

Pier Pleasure 12

History: Early Days 14

History: It's a City! 16

History: A Fire and a Fair 18

Chicago Grows Up! 20

Black and Latinx History 22

Chicago Today 24

Why Is It the Windy City? 26

Hey! I Lived in Chicago! 28

Things to See in Chicago 30

Getting Around Chicago 36

It's Official! 38

Art in Chicago 40

Great Museums! 42

Performing Arts 46

Festivals! 47

How to Talk Chicago 48

Chicago: It's Weird! 50

See the World in Chicago 52

What People Do in Chicago 56

Hey! I'm From Chicago, Too! 58

Eat the Chicago Way 60

Go, Chicago Sports! 62

Chicago: College Town 68

LOL: Laugh with Chi-town! 70

It's Alive! Animals in Chicago 72

We Saw It at the Zoo 74

Chicago by the Numbers 76

Spooky Sites 78

One Big Lake! 80

Lake Michigan Animals 82

Not Far Away 84

Sister Cities Around the World 90

Find Out More 92

Index 94