50 States: A State-by-State Tour of the USA (State Shapes) Hardcover – November 3, 2010

I bought this book for S. S. class for homeschool, we were studying these United States and both I and my kids were just thrilled with it. It made the lessons fun and enjoyable. We went state by state. It is colorful and the puzzle is fun.

Great quality and very cool book.

We only have Wisconsin, NewYork, Michigan Minnesota and Texas all other states are missing

Very informative good for all ages

Fun stories. Our older kids (6th & 7th grade) are still enjoying it as I read aloud also.

The book for the most part is good. It's got a lot of colorful illustrations and facts. But none of the coins would stay in their slots.

I was pleasantly surprised when I first received this book because it was much thicker than I was anticipating. Most 50 states books tend to have one or two pages per state. This one has an average of 4-5 pages per state.It's written from the standpoint of a class of children talking about essays they wrote about the states, and is fairly colloquial(it's written as if the children are talking to each other).I haven't read the whole thing yet. The reason I'm reviewing it now is the first sentence on page 12: "Birmingham is the capital here, isn't it?" This page is for Alabama, whose capital is Montgomery. It says Montgomery on page 10, and it's on the map as Montgomery. There is no follow-up sentence to indicate that that information is wrong, so it's apparently a mistake. There doesn't seem to be an errata page for the book either, so I have no idea if there are more mistakes in the book. I bought the book for a classroom, and now I don't want to use it in case there are more mistakes that are less obvious. It's a shame because the book is cute, and has some trivia that would have been interesting to share, if I had time to verify it.

The details on the pages are clean, clear and well defined unlike a lot of other state books that are overly cluttered with information. This makes it easy on the kid's eyes (and mine) to look at and really take in the bits of information shared about each state. This book also comes with a puzzle and quarter collecting section. Very Nice!