About this item
This picture book celebrates and explains America's symbols, landmarks, and important words in lively brief text and bright, humorous illustrations.There are stars-and-stripes T-shirts. There are Statue of Liberty pencil sharpeners. There's an eagle on our money and Uncle Sam Halloween costumes. Symbols are everywhere...but where do they come from? What do they mean? How does something become a symbol?This celebration of twenty of America's important places, interesting objects, and inspiring words is for the youngest Americans. Each symbol is decribed on a two-page spread that is decorated with fun, bright pastels. Plymouth Rock, the White House, Ellis Island, Mount Rushmore, the flag, the eagle, Uncle Sam, the national anthem, and
About the Author
SHEILA KEENAN is an established author of fiction and nonfiction, including I SPY THE ILLUMINATI EYE: What's the Big Secret? ; the Eisner-nominated graphic novel, DOGS OF WAR; AS THE CROW FLIES, a picture book collaboration with her artist-husband Kevin Duggan; and O SAY CAN YOU SEE? America's Symbols, Landmarks, and Inspiring Words, among others. She also collaborated with David Macaulay on his HOW IT WORKS series of beginning readers:TOILET; JET: EYE: and CASTLE and is the author of biographies in the Harper I Can Read series: JOHN F. KENNEDY the BRAVE and BEN FRANKLIN THINKS BIG. She lives in New York City and you can visit her at www.sheilakeenan.com
