Book Review: The 50 States

 The 50 States by Gabrielle Balkan, illustrated by Sol Linero, Wide Eyed Editions,Quarto Publishing, London, 2015.

This is a good reference book for information about the 50 states and District of Columbia.  Each state gets two pages.  One page is a map with pictures on the map of things in that state, historical and interesting.  There are also many blurbs about people from the state and what they may have done.  There is a brief history outline, and an introduction to each state.  There are also blurbs on the map about interesting things in the state.  For example Mammoth Cave in Kentucky has 400 miles of passages and caverns making it the longest cave in the world.  Stevie Wonder is from Michigan.  He signed with Detroit's Motown Records when he was eleven.  Wyoming is the first territory to provide women's suffrage and have a woman governor.  Finally a chart for each state with the state flower, tree and admission date.