Georgia: What's So Great About This State?

by Kate Boehm Jerome

Help your child discover and understand exactly what makes Georgia so great - and perhaps learn a thing or two yourself!
DO YOU KNOW… WHY the land in the Okefenokee Swamp seems to move? (Hint: It has to do with floating islands!) WHAT threatened the entire Georgia cotton business in the early 1920s? (Hint: It was smaller than your fingernail!) Find these answers and more in the Georgia edition of What's So Great About This State? Arcadia Kids is a new series of fun, colorful, easy-to-read books for children ages 7-11 featuring attention-grabbing cover art that invites conversational style content, and vivid full-color images of landmarks and geography. Parents, grandparents, and savvy shoppers will appreciate the feel good factor of purchasing books that are both fun AND educational.

32 pages, Paperback

First published April 7, 2010

About the author

Kate B. Jerome is a seasoned publishing executive and award-winning author who has written more than 100 children’s books, including Who Was Amelia Earhart, of the New York Times’ bestselling biography series. She recently completed a Fellowship at Stanford University’s Distinguished Careers Institute and is an expert in (and passionate proponent of) intergenerational communication.