Super Cities! Seattle

by Jr. James Buckley

Overview

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

Did you know about the Seattle Underground right beneath the Emerald City’s busy streets? Or that Seattle was a stop along the way during the gold rush? Have you ever seen the infamous—and gross!—gum wall? From the iconic Space Needle, to the Pike Place Market, Super Cities!: Seattle 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 Puget Sound, grab a ticket to the World’s Fair, and rock out with Jimi Hendrix, all right here. Take a peek inside to learn more about the impressive, unusual, super history of Seattle!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467198493
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	11/01/2021
Series:	Super Cities , #1
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	7 - 11 Years

About the Author

Buckley is the author of more than 200 nonfiction books for kids, including 14 titles in the New York Times-bestselling Who Was…? biography series. He has written for Scholastic, DK Publishing, National Geographic Kids, Discovery Books, and many others. He is also the author of nine books in the Show Me History! graphic nonfiction series. He lives in Santa Barbara, California, and is a frequent visitor to Seattle and San Francisco.

Table of Contents

Welcome to Seattle! 4

Seattle: Map It! 6

Set the Scene 8

Seattle Means 10

One Big Wheel! 12

History: Early Days 14

History: Seattle Grows Up! 20

History: People from the Past 22

Seattle Today 24

Seattle For Everyone! 26

Why Is It So Doggone Rainy? 30

Things to See in Seattle 32

Getting Around Seattle 40

It's Official! 42

Art in Seattle 44

Other Great Seattle Museums 48

Performing Arts 51

How to Talk Seattle 52

Seattle: It's Weird! 54

Hey, I'm From Seattle, Too! 56

What People Do in Seattle 58

Eat the Seattle Way 60

Go, Seattle Sports! 62

College Town 68

LOL: Seattle Sillies 70

It's Alive! Animals in Seattle 72

We Saw It at the Zoo 76

One Big Park! 78

Spooky Sights 80

Festivals! 82

Seattle by the Numbers 84

Not Far Away 86

Sister Cities Around the World 90

Find Out More 92

Index 94