I Spy with My Little Eye Minnesota: Minnesota

by Kathy-jo Wargin

From the author of V is for Viking: A Minnesota Alphabet and North Star Numbers: A Minnesota Number Book comes yet another reason to enjoy learning about this north woods state. Kathy-jo Wargin's poetic puzzles are perfectly paired with dual photos of Minnesota scenery and landmarks. Taken by Great Lakes photographer Ed Wargin, one in each pair of photos has undergone a slight change. Can you spot the difference? This visual treat is a charming way to acquaint beginning readers with the great state of Minnesota and its wonders.In addition to penning the first book in this new series, I Spy with My Little Eye Minnesota, Kathy-jo Wargin's other books celebrating the Great Lakes region include the 2001 IRA Children's Choice Award winner The Legend of the Loon and The Edmund Fitzgerald: Song of the Bell. Ed Wargin has been a working artist for nearly twenty years, having started his successful career in commercial advertising photography. Ed's work has been published in numerous magazines and publications throughout the world. He and Kathy-jo, along with their son, Jake, live in Petoskey, Michigan.

Genres: Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published May 2, 2008

About the author

Kathy-jo Wargin is the bestselling author of more than fifty books for adults and children. With more than 1.2 million copies sold, she writes across genres and age-groups, and has earned national recognition for award–winning titles such as Michigan’s Official State Children’s Book The Legend of Sleeping Bear, the International Reading Association’s Children's Choice Award Winner The Legend of the Loon, the Bank Street College of Education Best Book Listee The Voyageur’s Paddle, the IRA Teacher's Choice Award Winner Win One for the Gipper, and many more.

Reviews

[Alicia Bayer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun book. My boys (then ages 3 and 7) loved it, and even my older daughters liked looking for all of the differences in the pictures. Each set of pages features a photograph of a Minnesota scene (or collage of scenes), with up to 35 changes from one picture to the next. Scenes include Bemidji's Paul Bunyan statue, the state capitol building, Duluth's lift bridge, Split Rock Lighthouse and many more. Fast facts accompany each set of photos. This book does a great job of giving kids a feel for all different parts of Minnesota and focusing on some of what makes our state fabulous. And it's just fun!

[Maren Prestegaard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh.