Celebrating Colorado: 50 States to Celebrate – A Geography Book with Mr. Geo About National Parks, Maps, and Learning Activities for Children (Ages 6-9)

50 States to Celebrate

by Jane Kurtz, Barry Goldblatt, C.B. Canga (Illustrations)

Say hello to Mr. Geo, everybody's favorite geography teacher! Today he's visiting Colorado, the Centennial State. He's going to explore four gorgeous national parks, participates in daring sports, visit a dude ranch,  climb to the top of Pikes Peak, and much, much more. Together, you will discover what makes Colorado a state to celebrate. Includes maps and learning activities. Colorful, you-are-there illustrations and easy-to-read text are great for beginning and newly independent readers! 

40 pages, Paperback

First published February 16, 2016

About the author

Jane Kurtz was born in Portland, Oregon, but when she was two years old, her parents moved to Ethiopia. Jane grew up in Maji, a small town in the southwest corner of the country.
Since there were no televisions, radios, or movies, her memories are of climbing mountains, wading in rivers by the waterfalls, listening to stories, and making up her own stories, which she and her sisters acted out for days at a time.


That love of nature has recently inspired her to write books about loving the Earth--such as WHAT DO THEY DO WITH ALL THAT POO? and PLANET JUPITER.

Jane has published more than 40 books, fiction, nonfiction, picture books, novels for young readers, and ready-to-reads. Some are based on her childhood in Ethiopia. Some draw on her own children, such as ANNA WAS HERE, a novel for young readers that asks life's big questions about pain and disaster--and offers a few puny answers.

Since her childhood in Ethiopia, Jane has lived in Illinois, Colorado, North Dakota, Kansas and--now--back in Portland, Oregon.

Reviews

[Ava Valdez]

I really like this book because the pictures are fun to look at and I like how it tells you about Denver.

[Karrie Chajkowski]

After spending several summers in Colorado as a kid, the text in this book was fantastic. It truly captured the beauty of Colorado and made me want to revisit! However, illustrations in this book were sorely lacking and the characters looked pixelated, which for me, took away from the wonder of the text.

[Sarah]

Visit the gorgeous state of Colorado in all of its natural beauty with tour guide Mr. Geo. Great for teaching lower elementary kids about the states. Excellent nonfiction text features.

[Shankar B.]

I liked it because it told me all about Colorado’s natural parks and the cool things you see there.

[Beverly]

Must buy this for school.