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

Did you know that NASA’s Manned Space Center has a home in Houston? Or that camels and ostriches race at the Sam Houston Race Park? Have you ever been to the annual Livestock Show and Rodeo? From the Astrodome, to the Texas Medical Center, Super Cities!: Houston covers it all, and is sure to engage any reader with fun facts about the history, culture, and people who make the Space City great. Dive into Galveston Bay, shop till you drop at the Galleria, and attend a Beyonce concert, all right here. Take a peek inside to learn more about the impressive, unusual, super history of Houston!

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

Did you know that NASA’s Manned Space Center has a home in Houston? Or that camels and ostriches race at the Sam Houston Race Park? Have you ever been to the annual Livestock Show and Rodeo? From the Astrodome, to the Texas Medical Center, Super Cities!: Houston covers it all, and is sure to engage any reader with fun facts about the history, culture, and people who make the Space City great. Dive into Galveston Bay, shop till you drop at the Galleria, and attend a Beyonce concert, all right here. Take a peek inside to learn more about the impressive, unusual, super history of Houston!

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Super Cities! Houston

Super Cities! Houston

by Michael Burgan
Super Cities! Houston

Super Cities! Houston

by Michael Burgan

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Overview

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

Did you know that NASA’s Manned Space Center has a home in Houston? Or that camels and ostriches race at the Sam Houston Race Park? Have you ever been to the annual Livestock Show and Rodeo? From the Astrodome, to the Texas Medical Center, Super Cities!: Houston covers it all, and is sure to engage any reader with fun facts about the history, culture, and people who make the Space City great. Dive into Galveston Bay, shop till you drop at the Galleria, and attend a Beyonce concert, all right here. Take a peek inside to learn more about the impressive, unusual, super history of Houston!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467198509
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 11/01/2021
Series: Super Cities , #2
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range: 7 - 11 Years

About the Author

Michael Burgan has loved exploring cities since he first went to New York at the age of five. Since then, he has written several hundred books for young readers, mostly about history and geography. He was also editor of The Biographer's Craft, the monthly newsletter for Biographers International Organization, for nine years. He lives in Santa Fe with his cat, Callie.

Table of Contents

Welcome to Houston! 4

Houston: Map It! 6

Set the Scene 8

Houston Means 10

A Taste of the Wild West 12

Houston History 14

Houston Today 24

People From Houston 26

The World Comes to Houston 28

High Heat and Big Storms 32

Hey, I'm From Houston! 34

Things to See in Houston 36

One Big Park! 42

Getting Around Houston 44

It's Official! 46

Art in Houston 48

Great Museums 48

See the World in Houston 54

Live! On Stage 55

How to Talk Like a Houstonian 56

Houston's Weird Side 58

What People Do in Houston 60

Hey! I'm From Houston, Too! 62

Eat the Houston Way 64

Taking the Field! 66

College Town 72

LOL: Houston Jokes and Riddles 74

It's Alive! Wildlife in Houston 76

We Saw It at the Zoo 80

Spooky Sights 82

Houston by the Numbers 84

Not Far Away 86

Sister Cities Around the World 90

Find Out More 92

Index 94

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