Geography made FUN! ** I won this in a kindle version #GoodreadsGiveaway ( )

I’d received a PDF.file copy of this from the author through a giveaway he recently had on LibraryThing and the following is my honest opinion.

The author, Curtis Edmonds, has written a marvelous rhyming alphabetical listing of girl’s names that one girl imagines she might be instead of herself. Each time she images another name she’s in another state of the U.S. doing some sort of activity. Yet, her imagination is just that for she really enjoys being herself, doing the things she likes to do, but most of all she enjoys being with the family she. What adds to this book’s readers enjoying it is the fabulous illustrations done by Mat Sadler.

While each name appears to have a city and an activity haphazardly associated with it, there’s actually an educational reason behind it. An educational reason which parents can find at the end of the book, where a fact about the state and the activity each girl mention is mentioned is given. Parents can either copy each of these pages from the paperback edition, or copy/paste from the KINDLE and sit with their daughters the first time she reads the book. The inspiration for this book came from the author’s daughters, whose names are mentioned in the book.

For having given his young readers as well as their parents an enjoyable and educational reading experience there’s no way I can’t give its author and illustrator 5 STARS.

Now, that this author has given us a book written for parents and their daughters, I feel it’s no more than fitting that he writes one for parents and their sons. ( )

I received from the author this book through a LibraryThing giveaway.

I think this book is a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e and so well illustraded! It is a great book for kids that awakens a desire to travel and to know the beautiful places of the world like the ones in the book as well as to get to know their culture!

I recommend to buy it for your children, they will certainly love it! ( )

A precious story. I especially liked it because it went "above and beyond" in teaching children the alphabet by using carefully thought out words for each letter. I am so used to reading "A is for Apple" type books to my friend's adorable 1.5 year old. I would really like to have a copy of this book. Is it possible to contact the author directly? Thank you - this is my first review. ( )