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From the team that brought you The 50 States comes 50 Cities of the USA. Explore skycraper streets, museum miles, local food trucks and city parks from Anchorage to Washington D.C., and discover more than 2,000 facts that celebrate the people, culture, and diversity that have helped make America what it is today.Cities include Anchorage * Atlanta * Austin * Baltimore * Birmingham * Boise * Boston * Burlington * Charleston Charlotte * Cheyenne * Chicago * Cleveland * Columbus * Denver * Detroit * Hartford * Honolulu * Houston Indianapolis * Jacksonville * Kansas City * Las Vegas * Little Rock * Los Angeles * Louisville * Memphis Miami * Milwaukee * Minneapolis-St. Paul Nashville * New Orleans * New York * Newark * Newport * Oklahoma City * Philadelphia * Phoenix * Pittsburgh * Portland, MA * Portland, OR * Rapid City * Salt Lake City * San Francisco * Santa Fe * Seattle * St.
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Gabrielle Balkan writes for readers of all ages, equally enjoying picture books and readers as chapter books and young adult fiction. Her works include The Dog Rules by Coco LaRue, a Scholastic Book Fairs best-seller that sold 150,000 copies and demanded a follow-up. One of her first forays into writing nonfiction was "America is hard to See," a children's audio guide for the the inaugural exhibit at the Whitney Museum of Art's Gansevoort location. The 50 States was Gabrielle's first non-fiction book and was followed by two companion books, two activity sets, one follow-up atlas: 50 Cities. She's also the author of BOOK OF BONES (an International Literacy Association pick) and it's companion, BOOK OF FLIGHT (coming in Spring 2019) .Before embarking on a career as a full-time writer, Gabrielle was a book buyer for the Scholastic Reading Clubs, a commissioning editor for Scholastic Paperbacks, and the Director of Communications for City and Country School. Gabrielle was raised across from the State Fair Grounds in Indianapolis, Indiana and lived short stints in Augusta, Georgia and Zurich, Switzerland. After graduating with a degree in English and Elementary Education from Barnard College she decided to see what else the city had to offer, and now lives with her family in Brooklyn.
