Wow! America!

by Robert Neubecker

Book Overview

Izzy chases her little sister Jo down the mountainand across the country!The girls head off on a fantastic journey, rowing down the Mississippi, eating pies at a Kentucky state fair, marveling at Niagara Falls and enormous California sequoias. Izzy and Jo take readers on a trip that celebrates what makes America amazing, from cowboys and canyons to salmon and spaceships. With breathtaking paintings and lots of fun facts, this book is an introduction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786838167
• ISBN13: 9780786838165
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.0" x 12.8"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

WOW!!!!!!

This book should have won the Caldecott award because people would understand it very easily. It was a great book for grades 2 and up because for people under the age of 7 wouldn't get nost of the parts. WOW! Anerica! had very interesting and cool facts about important places in the world. The pictures were easy to read and understand. This book had bright pictures and made want to keep looking at the pictures instead of reading the book. When I first read it, I didn't really get it. But when I read it another time, I wanted to keep reading and reading and reading it over and over and over agsin. The text was very factual and would be a good resource to learn a few facts about America that you might not have known before you read this book!!!

Fun book--full of information!

Wow, I could use this book (and I might) as a unit study of America--it is packed full of great information and wonderful illustrations. My 8 year old spent several hours, along with my mother, poring over the pages, and has been bugging me to read it to her again. Great book!

Taps into the joy of Childhood

I love this book!!! It reminds me how mysterious, joyful and beautiful things seemed when I was a child. I regained so much appreciation for America pouring over the beautiful pages of this book. I love the innocence and wonder that Izzy and Jo bring to our geographical tour in Wow! America! Neubecker sees through the eyes of children and his illustrations are delicious!! ...oh, and my children love it too ;-)

A great introduction to geography

Izzy chases her little sister down the mountain - and all the way across the country, heading on a journey to marvel at different states. What a great introduction to geography: a girls' adventure story celebrating fun facts and pairing them with full-page, bright color paintings! Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch

Wow what a country

Beautiful book!!! Visually exciting for children and adults alike. This is the type of book everyone should have it truely celebrates all that makes America such a great place to live. It is also a very child friendly way to introduce the youngest readers to the concept of geography. This book is a must for anyone who loves america. You may be tempted to cut out the Grand Canyon gate fold and hang it on a wall but then you will have to get another book for reading.