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The Scrambled States of America
Contributor(s): Keller, Laurie (Author), Keller, Laurie (Illustrator)

ISBN: 0805068317 ISBN-13: 9780805068313
Publisher: Square Fish

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2002
Annotation: At the first annual "states party, " Virginia and Idaho hatch a plan to swap spots so each can see another part of the country. Packed with madcap humor and whimsical illustrations, this quirky story--starring all 50 states--is chock-full of introductory facts and silly antics that will make learning geography as fun as taking a vacation.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories

Dewey: E

LCCN: 97050418

Age Level: 6-10

Grade Level: 1-5

Lexile Measure: 630 AD (Adult Directed Text)

Physical Information: 0.2" H x 9.8" W x 9.8" L (0.40 lbs) 40 pages

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 04/08/2002 pg. 230
Booksense '76 Childrens Fall02 08/01/2002 pg. 1
Publishers Weekly 04/08/2002

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 31560
Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

A wacky cross-country adventure starring the fifty states

Well, it was just your basic, ordinary day in the good old U. S. of A. States all over the country were waking up, having their first cups of coffee, reading the morning paper, and enjoying the beautiful sunrise.

All the states, that is, except for Kansas.

At the first annual states party, Virginia and Idaho hatch a plan to swap spots so each can see another part of the country. Before the party is over, all the states decide to switch places. In the beginning, every state is happy in its new location. But soon things start to go wrong. Will the states ever unscramble themselves and return to their proper places?

Packed with madcap humor and whimsical illustrations, this quirky story-starring all fifty states-is chock-full of introductory facts and silly antics that will make learning geography as much fun as taking a vacation.

This title has Common Core connections.

Contributor Bio(s): Schifini, Alfredo: - Dr. Schifini assists schools across the nation and around the world in developing comprehensive language and literacy programs for English learners. He has worked as an ESL teacher, reading specialist, school administrator and university professor. Through an arrangement with California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, Dr. Schifini currently serves as program consultant to two large teacher-training efforts in the area of reading for second language speakers of English. His research interests include early literacy and language development and the integration of language and content-area instruction.Short, Deborah J.: - Dr. Short is a division director at the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) in Washington, D.C. She has worked as a teacher, trainer, researcher, and curriculum/materials developer. Her work at CAL has concentrated on the integration of language learning with content-area instruction. Through several national projects, she has conducted research and provided professional development and technical assistance to local and state education agencies across the United States. She directed the ESL Standards and Assessment Project for TESOL and co-developed the SIOP model for sheltered instruction.

Dr. Short's monographs include: Extend Your Students' Reach and Move Them Toward Independence, Base Your ESL Instruction in the Content Areas, Reach for the Common Core, Structural Supports for English Learners, Comprehensive and Responsive Assessment, and Developing Academic Literacy in Adolescents.Tinajero, Josefina Villamil: - Dr. Tinajero specializes in staff development and school-university partnership programs and has consulted with school districts in the U.S. to design ESL, bilingual, literacy, and bi-literacy programs. She has served on state and national advisory committees for standards development, including the English as a New Language Advisory Panel of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards and the Texas Reading Academies. She is currently professor of Education and Interim Dean of the College of Education at the University of Texas at El Paso and was President of the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1997-2000.

Dr. Tinajero's monograph is titled Teaching the Fundamentals.Keller, Laurie: - Laurie Keller is the acclaimed author-illustrator of Do Unto Otters, Arnie, the Doughnut, The Scrambled States of America, and Open Wide: Tooth School Inside, among numerous others. She grew up in Muskegon, Michigan, and always loved to draw, paint and write stories. She earned a B.F.A. at Kendall College of Art and Design, then worked at Hallmark as a greeting card illustrator for seven-and-a-half years, until one night she got an idea for a children's book. She quit her job, moved to New York City, and soon had published her first book. She loved living in New York, but she has now returned to her home state, where she lives in a little cottage in the woods on the shore of Lake Michigan.

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