South Carolina: What's So Great About This State?

by Kate Boehm Jerome

Overview

Help your child discover and understand exactly what makes South Carolina so great - and perhaps learn a thing or two yourself!

WHY blackwater rivers in South Carolina get so dark? (Hint: It has to do with rotting plants!) HOW palmetto trees and sand helped defeat the British in 1776? (Hint: It has to do with surprisingly soft landings at Fort Moultrie!) Find these answers and more in the South Carolina edition of What's So Great About This State?
Arcadia Kids is a series of fun, colorful, easy-to-read books for children ages 7-11 featuring attention-grabbing cover art, inviting conversational style content, and vivid full-color images of landmarks and geography. Parents, grandparents, and savvy shoppers will appreciate the feel good factor of purchasing books that are both fun AND educational.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439600009
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	04/07/2010
Series:	Arcadia Kids
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	672,347
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Kate Boehm Jerome loves to write educational books for kids! Her award-winning programs are avidly read by thousands of young people in homes and schools throughout the United States. Jerome has spent an entire career developing educational programs for kids. After spending 15 years in educational publishing, she made the leap to full-time writing in 2001. Since then, her unique perspectives and original voice have inspired her to create and direct hundreds of children's books in many different series. Jerome's books have earned Teacher's Choice and Children's Book Council awards, and her new series that is currently launching "Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know" (Arcadia, 2010) is already receiving kudos from the very people who often inspire her the most—the mommy bloggers! Kate is an active volunteer in her local school district and is a member of various Boards and organizations that promote both child and adult literacy—and, in particular, science literacy.