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Gr 2-4 Using the motif of a circus train, S's has designed a different car for each state in the Union and a caboose for Washington, DC. A great deal of research went into this book as evidenced by the many tiny details in each watercolor painting. The cars are lined up chronologically according to their date of statehood and are decorated with the state flag, nickname, m...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Picturing the fifty states as a train of circus wagons encourages both an imaginative use of graphic filigree and a certain monotony of page design. Paraded in the order of their statehood, each state (with the District of Columbia as the caboose) becomes a lavishly detailed and annotated circus wagon decorated with such items as the state bird, nickname, tree, flower, motto ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More