The Pennsylvania Reader Contributor(s): Noble, Trinka Hakes (Author), Darnell, K. L. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1585363200 ISBN-13: 9781585363209 Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2007 Annotation: Trinka Hakes Noble, the author of One for All: A Pennsylvania Number Book, continues her celebration of the Keystone State in The Pennsylvania Reader. Oh, Pennsylvania, how we praise thee -- Land where the Luakers came to be free. Independence for all was your decree when your famous bell rang for Liberty. Topics included are the history behind the state name (Penn's Woods), state symbols, distinguished citizens (Daniel Boone and Betsy Ross), and famous events (the reading of the Gettysburg Address). Original fiction such as a correspondence between cousins on either side of the Mason-Dixon Line and a Reader Theater drama provide ample opportunity for student/classroom interaction. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers - Beginner - Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers - Intermediate |
Dewey: 810.809 |
LCCN: 2007015351 |
Series: State Readers |
Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6.26" W x 7.86" (0.50 lbs) 96 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania |