M is for Mount Rushmore: A South Dakota Alphabet (Discover America State By State. Alphabet Series) [Hardcover]

William Anderson (Author), Cheryl Harness (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: Discover America State By State. Alphabet Series

South Dakota is home to an endless supply of American history and Americana. Did you know the world's largest drug store calls Wall, South Dakota home? Or, did you know that the triceratops was one of the state's earliest settlers? What about the prairie the Ingalls family called home? Also in South Dakota! These fascinating tidbits and many more are found in our March release-M is for Mount Rushmore: A South Dakota Alphabet. The state's charm and significance in American folklore goes beyond those four presidents in the moutainside and it's all captured here in our South Dakota alphabet.

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About the Author

William Anderson is delighted to write about South Dakota, where his ancestors pioneered in the 1880s. A century later, he helped restore Laura Ingalls Wilder's South Dakota homes, and received the state's Robinson Award for historical writing. His books include: Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography; River Boy: The Story of Mark Twain; and The World of the Trapp Family. In 2002 he was invited to Laura Bush's White House conference on the frontier. M is for Mount Rushmore: A South Dakota Alphabet is his first book with Sleeping Bear Press. As a speaker, William Anderson has traveled across America. But he says his favourite summers were spent in South Dakota. His home is in Michigan, where he teaches and writes.

Since her childhood in California, Cheryl's life has been influenced by books about Laura and Mary Ingalls and Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. She received her art-education degree from Central Missouri State University and her first job was as a theme park portrait artist. She has also designed paper goods for Hallmark and Current, and has created needlework kits and music boxes. She's sculpted, sewn (and worn) period costumes and written and/or illustrated more than 30 picture books. Cheryl lives outside the Queen City of the Trails: Independence, Missouri, with her Scottie, Maude, and two cats: Elizabeth and Merrie Emma.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press; 1 edition (April 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585361410
• ISBN-13: 978-1585361410
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 11.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #592,617 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars love the illustrations, April 28, 2011

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This review is from: M is for Mount Rushmore: A South Dakota Alphabet (Discover America State By State. Alphabet Series) (Hardcover)

We are doing some trip planning for next summer's big road trip, and this alphabet book of South Dakota is simply beautiful. The illustrations are eye-catching, and seeing pictures of the Corn Palace in Mitchell and the flaming fountain in Pierre and Mount Rushmore and Custer State Park - all of those are whetting our appetites.

The sections of text that accompany the pages are informative. The little alphabet poems are just so-so - forced meter, kind of dopey... but get the book anyway.