About this item
From the always original Dan Yaccarino, this is no ordinary book of state facts--it's wacky, it's bizarre, it's a rip-roaring family road trip!What state's official cookie is the chocolate chip cookie?What state hosts the International Rotten Sneaker Contest?Which state is it illegal to enter with a chicken on your head?To find the answers to these questions and hundreds more, just hitch a ride with the fabulous Farley family--Mom, Dad, Freddie, Fran, and Fido--as they travel state to state and discover far-out festivals, kooky contests, ludicrous laws, peculiar people, and oodles of oddities across America. So fasten your seat belt and get ready to go, go through fifty states of fun!
About the Author
Dan has written and illustrated over three dozen children's books and has had the pleasure of working with some of the most prestigious names in children's literature, including Margaret Wise Brown, Jack Prelutsky, Kevin Henkes and Patricia MacLaughlin. Dan has also had the honor of being invited to the White House to share his books and to participate in the annual Easter festivities.
Dan has created and produced Nickelodeon's animated series, Oswald, as well as Willa's Wild Life and is the character designer behind Nickelodeon's The Backyardigans.
Currently, Dan is writing and illustrating more books and is developing more television as well as feature film projects.
