Rand McNally Kids' Road Atlas (Backseat Books) [Paperback]

Kristy McGowan (Author), Karen Richards (Author), Chris Reed (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: Backseat Books

Rand McNally's Backseat Books® series is your source for fighting those boredom blues. Kids' Road Atlas features real road maps, great travel games, state-by-state puzzles, state facts (including the nickname, capital, flower, tree, and bird), an index, and much, much more. An answer key is also included in the back of the book. These colorful, fun-filled books are perfect for keeping the kids busy at home or during those long stretches. Backseat Books®. Boredom cured.

80 pages; 8.5" x 10.75".

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Rand McNally & Company (March 7, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0528965441
• ISBN-13: 978-0528965449
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Customer Reviews

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56 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, August 18, 2006

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P. Gaul (Reisterstown, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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I bought this expecting simple maps that my daughter could use to track the routes we were driving. Well, it's simplistic all right. It doesn't mark many of the cities we drive through. It is more of a car activity book. It's got puzzles and games to keep children busy, but its maps are more like general overviews of the states. For children younger than seven, this is probably good. Older children would most likely prefer a real road atlas with all the roads and cities marked.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!, July 27, 2005

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Ellen Krumm (Redmond, WA) - See all my reviews
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We bought a book for each of our two children. Our eight-year-old stayed busy with the puzzles, and had lots of questions about things on the maps which made for good car conversation (and good geography lessons for all of us). The best part was marking off our route with a highlighter pen at every rest stop; she could track our progress along the way and see exactly what town we were stopping in next. It made the "how much longer?" questions easier to answer ("Look on your map!"). Our six-year-old was slightly too young for some of the puzzles, but liked highlighting the route as well as marking off the license plate state chart (hint: Mt. Rushmore is a treasure trove of license plates!). We will use these atlases on every car trip. Highly recommended.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Would be a better book if, November 5, 2006

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Slatternly Jones "Authority on boys and toys" (Rhode Island) - See all my reviews
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This would be a better book if it also included an overall map of the country showing all the states, and an index listing each state alphabetically and by region and page number.