Ohio

Explore the United States

by Julie Murray

These fun, fact-filled books are perfect for young researchers. The history, geography, and people of each state are covered in these books. The text is enhanced with maps, photos, and graphs. Timelines and fast-facts sections reinforce the text. The detailed and well-written books are ideal for both research and entertainment.

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Explore basic Ohio information in easy to read text. Read and see photos of important cities, Ohio history, landscape, animals, working spots, heroes, and a timeline. Includes a timeline, table of contents, maps, glossary, an index, and fund facts.
On the sports page, the author failed to mention that we have a professional hockey team, that was disappointing. I would have also liked to have seen Cincinnati Zoo, COSI and other fun kids things to do mentioned. However overall good content for the age range of 2nd to 4th grade.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

an early elementary guide to the state of Ohio including famous Americans and highlights past and present.

[Gretchen Rosch · Rating 5 out of 5]

1. This book goes into details about what Ohio is all about. Ohio is the in the Midwest region. The capitol is Columbus. Most of the cities in Ohio are located near a big body of water. Ohio became a state in 1803. The state bird is a cardinal. The state animal is a white tailed dear. Ohio is know as the buckeye state. Ohio is the 24th largest state!
2. 2-4 grade
3. Social Studies/geography
4. This can be individually read by students who enjoy learning about the country they live in.
5. In small groups students could read this book and pull out key facts about Ohio and present a project to the class.
6. As a class these books can be used in Social Studies. The teacher can assign a state to each student and they will have to read their book that was assigned to them. Once the book is read the student will create a summary to say to the class about that state.
7. This author has several informational books for children.
8. I was not able to find audio for this book.

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm sort of on the fence about this book -- it's about Ohio's History and while the book does do a good job of providing up-to-date info. (including populations from the 2010 census), the same cannot be said of all of the photos and when you're talking Children's books, the photos have to be very attractive, colorful and recent?

The pictures of places such as farms, the Rock Hall, Cincinnati, Columbus, Hocking Hills, etc. are BEAUTIFUL! But, the pictures of people, while historical in detail look like they were taken 30-50 years ago. Couldn't the publishers find some more recent astronauts and sports figures to include in the book or at least some more recent pictures?

I will give you Neil Armstrong. He was very important to our space program, but how about someone more recent in history?

And the sports figures ....

[Tracy · Rating 1 out of 5]

No mention of the Wright Brothers and 5 pages devoted to Cedar Point roller coasters. That sums up how awful this book is.