{"id":459023,"date":"2010-03-22T15:35:15","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T19:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2501"},"modified":"2010-03-22T15:35:15","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T19:35:15","slug":"teaching-geography-with-children%e2%80%99s-literature-travels-with-charlie-travelin%e2%80%99-the-northeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/459023","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Geography with Children\u2019s Literature: Travels with Charlie: Travelin\u2019 the Northeast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Introduction and Summary<\/strong>
\nTravels with Charlie: Travelin’ the Northeast<\/a> written by Miles Backer and illustrated by Chuck Nitzberg, is all about the Northeast United States. It includes the 12 states from Maine to Ohio to Maryland. The book features a different state on each page with seek-and-find questions in a poetic form. Along the tab of each page is information about the state including the capital, flag, and lots of interesting facts. A dog named Charlie goes to each state and hides somewhere in the state. Can you find Charlie?<\/p>\n

“Find Manhattan Island, home to Wall Street.<\/em>
\nFind the Statue of Liberty. Find hot dogs to eat.<\/em><\/p>\n

Where’s Charlie?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong>
\nThis is a great book to introduce upper elementary to the Northeast states as a region.<\/p>\n

Additional Resources<\/strong>
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