Basher History: States and Capitals: United We Stand

Basher History

by Simon Basher, Dan Green, Edward Widmer

Basher History: US States follows on from the bestselling Presidents with another all-American theme. Who better than Basher to give each state a face, voice, and personality and to give kids a fun, unusual but really information-packed gazetteer of their country. From Alabama to Wyoming, and including the District of Columbia and six US territories, each place gets the Basher treatment and gets to boast about why it is special. The important details about capitals, flags, state birds, state flowers, are all there, and this book adds interesting  and memorable facts not found elsewhere. Find out how Connecticut got to be called  the Nutmeg State, why Louisiana, has a very different legal system, and what made landlocked Utah choose the seagull as its state bird.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Geography, Reference

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 7, 2014

Reviews

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Truly excellent, another great title. Amazing that such a small book still has info that is new. I especially liked the bit on territories and possessions. Only complaint is that the pics of the state flags were really too small to see any detail.

[Tim Shaw · Rating 5 out of 5]

Accurate as far as the mid-2010s -- includes 50 states, District of Columbia & territories -- very kid-friendly giving what makes each one of them special and amazing statistics; I was very pleased for the complete listing of State MOTTOes (pages 122 - 123). Population data is of course time-limited to the 2010 census; the cartoon like illustrations are striking and focused on each state's shape and land mass irregularities. 5* for the pre-K , k - 6, and tween readers who want to page from page 1 to glossary last page (#128). Index runs from letters "A" to "W".

[Ella K · Rating 5 out of 5]

Literally one of my favorite basher books ever. Super informative, very fun to read. I love learning new things about the states, so this is a really good read. it also has 5 US territories, which is cool to read about since we don't really study those in school.
Love this book sooo much.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the Basher books. I love them because my son loves to read them, and because he always learns something from them. They are quirky and interesting.

[Madelynn Bolton · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned a lot and loved all the facts!

[Lily · Rating 5 out of 5]

I Really liked this book. If you want to read and learn about States and Capitals, but in a fun way, you should read this.

[jack • 20 · Rating 5 out of 5]

5✨ • i think this is definitely my favorite of the basher books so far !!

[Olivia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the States and Capitals book because it was fun! It made every state important by giving each state a fun fact about how the states got their names and capitals. It also gave each state a personality which I think would be a great way for the students to remember each state and their capitals. This book could be used in a lesson about comparing and contrasting. Each student could compare and contrast two states and give explanations on why. Also, this book could be used in an activity where each student picked a state and went in depth with their own research. I could incorporate a portion of this project with the students creating false facts of their chosen state and real facts about their state. The students could present their facts and false facts, and have the other students choose which one is real or not. This book would be appropriate for 3rd graders.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book !!!! i learned all kinds of interesting tid bits about the states and even the different territories in the u.s.