America Is...
- ISBN-10
- 1416902864
- ISBN-13
- 9781416902867
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 40
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-06-01
- Publisher
- Margaret K. McElderry Books
- Author
- Louise Borden
Description
What is America? It is fifty states from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific Ocean and beyond. It is a flag of stars and stripes. It is farmers, miners, factory workers, bakers, and bankers. It is Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon, swamps and desert. It is the stories of all of us, told together.
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