| One Kansas Farmer: A Kansas Number Book Contributor(s): Scillian, Devin (Author), Bowles, Doug (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1585361828 ISBN-13: 9781585361823 Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: Following the success of S is for Sunflower: A Kansas Alphabet, husband-and-wife author team Devin and Corey Scillian join illustrator Doug Bowles in another rousing state tribute. One Kansas Farmer: A Kansas Number Book "counts out" an entertaining and educational travelogue of the state's history, geography, famous people, and places. Topics include the dancing prairie chickens and the invention of the microchip. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - State & Local - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts - Counting & Numbers |
| Dewey: 978.1 |
| LCCN: 2009005586 |
| Series: Discover America State by State (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 11.2" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Kansas - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 133287 Reading Level: 6.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Following the success of S is for Sunflower: A Kansas Alphabet, husbandand- wife author team Devin and Corey Scillian join illustrator Doug Bowles in another rousing state tribute. One Kansas Farmer: A Kansas Number Book "counts out" an entertaining and educational travelogue of the state's history, geography, famous people, and places. Topics include the dancing prairie chickens and the invention of the microchip. Corey and Devin Scillian are graduates of the University of Kansas. They now live in Michigan where Devin anchors the news for WDIV-TV in Detroit. Devin's other children's books include the bestselling A is for America: An American Alphabet and Brewster the Rooster. Doug Bowles enjoys working with a wide range of clients in advertising, corporate, and editorial jobs, as well as in the children's book market. He also enjoys working on fine art collections and shows frequently in galleries around Kansas. Doug lives in Leawood, Kansas. |