The News Hounds in the Great Balloon Race: A Geography Adventure

by Amy Axelrod

Book Overview

These three news hounds travel all over the United States to cover unusual and exciting events. This time they are headed for the Great Piney Woods Balloon festival in eastern Texas, where they will... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689824092
• ISBN13: 9780689824098
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

WME Loves the Newshounds

The Newshounds in the Great Balloon Race was a hit with my third grade students. As an elementary school librarian, I am always looking for the opportunity to reinforce curriculum topics in the library and when I can use a good story, all the better. My students thoroughly enjoyed Isaac and his crew as they travelled to our state (Texas). The book is presented as a "geography adventure" and includes suggested questions and activities from the author to assist in curriculum reinforcement, but it is also an enjoyable and humorous story as well. The students enjoyed pouring over maps and locating the places in the story. Being a former New Yorker myself, I enjoyed the opportunity to provide some information on the Hudson Valley (home of the WDG-TV news team). My students all asked: "Where will the next "On the Trail" report be from?