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Each letter of the alphabet is represented by some historical, geographical, or cultural fact about Arkansas, accompanied by objects to find in the illustrations.

With sparkling verse matched with bright illustrations, this alphabet/picture book celebrates the Bay State as it educates and entertains younger readers. Older readers can take a tour through the state's history and learn more about such famous sons and daughters as Emily Dickinson, David Thoreau, and John F. Kennedy. Illustrations.

The intriguing facts and faces, history and places of Wisconsin are revealed to readers in this picture book filled with lyric rhymes and expressive, original artwork.

Illustrated by Laura Knorr Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water, Gettysburg, Ben Franklin's inventions, the Liberty Bell -- there is so much to learn about Pennsylvania's history and geography. "K is for Keystone" is a wonderful introduction to many of Pennsylvania's unique features for readers young and old. "E is for EastonA town where you can see, The birthplace of crayons and markers, In the Crayola(c)FACTORY." "The word Crayola(c)comes from the French word craie (chalk) and the first part of the word oleaginous (an oily paraffin wax). In 1903 cousins Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith created an overnight success with their Crayola(c)crayons made for school use. Seventy-five years later Crayola(c)markers were produced. The Crayola(c)FACTORY in Easton, Pennsylvania, includes a hands-on discovery center and offers demonstrations that show how crayons and markers are made."

The Sunshine State gets its own alphabet book! Florida, where "B is for Beaches, P is for Pirates, and V is for Vacationers," comes to life with playful, vivid illustrations by Michael Monroe and a conch shell full of fun facts and poems by Florida author and educator Carol Crane. Do you know which city is the state capitol? Which fragrant blossom is the state flower? Learn all this and more with "S is for Sunshine: A Florida Alphabet."