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Only in Texas

Only in Texas

Weird and Wonderful Facts about the Lone Star State

by Heather Alexander and Jen Taylor
Hardback
Publication Date: 09/02/2023

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Only in Texas encourages readers to explore the highlights of the Lone Star State with this collectable title, filled with stunning sights, amazing facts and beautiful illustrations.

*2024 June Franklin Naylor Award Winner*

Feel that Texas pride with the second in a new state-by-state series. Only in Texas! showcases all that is great about the Lone Star State, from its big cities to the stunning natural beauty of its great deserts and the rich culture and history of the second-largest state in the U.S.A!

The book takes readers on a trip to all the highlights of the great state... keeping it weird in Austin, reaching for the stars in Houston, and feeling history come alive in San Antonio. A timeline reveals this historic border state's rich and varied history, and accessible and informative text brings this whistlestop tour to life, transporting young readers on a wild journey.

Beautiful landscape illustrations capture the vast natural riches of the Lone Star State, including Big Bend National Park, Rio Grande and South Padre Island, while fact boxes and pull-out spot artworks cover fun Texas facts. Locations also include: Dallas, El Paso, Texas Hill Country, Guadeloupe Mountains, Piney Woods and Galveston, and many, many more!

Each book in this state-by state subseries will cover the following areas:

  • Historical facts, events and figures figures,
  • Cultural landmarks,
  • Geology and landscapes,
  • Artistic and cultural traditions,
  • Cuisine, traditional foods and products.

Get ready for a whirlwind tour around the great state of Texas in this fun interactive title!

The 50 States series of books for young explorers celebrates the USA and the wider world with key facts and fun activities about the people, history, and natural environments that make each location within them uniquely wonderful. Beautiful illustrations, maps, and infographics bring the places to colorful life.

Also available from the series: 50 Trailblazers of the 50 States, Only in America, Only in America Activity Book, Only in California, We Are the United States, 50 Adventures in the 50 States, 50 Maps of the World, 50 Maps of the World Activity Book, and The 50 States

ISBN:
9780711274068
9780711274068
Category:
People & places (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
09-02-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Quarto Publishing Group UK
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
283.21x242.57x12.7mm
Weight:
0.52kg
Heather Alexander

Heather Alexander was born in New York City, and now lives in New Jersey.

She began her career editing children's books such as Goosebumps and Fear Street, before moving into writing.

She has written over 40 books for children.

Jen Taylor

Jen Taylor is an illustrator and arts-and-crafts enthusiast born and raised in New Jersey. She attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where she majored in illustration and animation.

She is the illustrator of the Brave Little Camper series as well as the picture book Ninja Camp, written by Sue Fliess, and the board book Truck or Treat by Hannah Eliot. She previously worked in animation on such shows as Sid the Science Kid and Mad. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and their corgi, Rocket.

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