Austin, Lost in America: A Geography Adventure
Austin, Lost in America: A Geography Adventure
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HarperCollins
Annotation: Austin, a french bulldog, travels across the United States in order to find where he really belongs, learning fun facts along the way.
Genre: [Animal fiction]
 
Reviews: 2
Catalog Number: #108542
Format: Publisher's Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Copyright Date: 2015
Edition Date: 2015 Release Date: 09/01/15
Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN: 0-06-228017-1
ISBN 13: 978-0-06-228017-6
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2014038723
Dimensions: 26 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
School Library Journal (Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 CDT 2015)

K-Gr 3 Austin, a small brown-and-white dog, breaks out of the pet store and begins a journey across the U.S., determined to find a real home. He starts in the Northeast and travels across three more broad regions (South, West, and Midwest) before arriving home. Along the way, smart readers will recognize clues predicting his final destination. In addition to the narration of Austin's journey, facts are presented for each of the 50 states. Czekaj's picture book is full of colorful, energetic images produced in his typical witty style, with laugh-out-loud graphic novel-style scenes from start to finish. A map of the states and capitals is color-coded by region, showing the hero's tangled route across the country. This tour of America provides a fresh and funny view, offering less details than Dan Yaccarino's Go, Go America (Scholastic, 2008), but more than Robert Neubecker's Wow! America (Hyperion, 2006). VERDICT Austin's regional U.S. geography adventure will entertain and inform early readers. A recommended purchase. Gaye Hinchliff, King County Library System, WA

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School Library Journal (Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 CDT 2015)
Reading Level: 2.0
Interest Level: P-2

For fans of The Scrambled States of America, this is an irresistible new geography picture book—featuring an adorable dog character, unbelievable facts about all fifty states, maps, capitals, and so much more!

Austin grew up in a pet store, but he dreamed of finding a real home. . . . So one night he takes off with his trusty map and backpack to go in search of it.

In Ohio, he is almost bitten . . . by a policeman.

In Florida, he is invited for dinner . . . to be the main course.

And in Oregon, he finds the world’s smallest park.

Will he ever find the place where he truly belongs?

Follow Austin across America on a madcap journey in which he travels to each of the fifty states. Packed with fascinating facts and doggy tidbits that seem almost too crazy to be true . . . this book makes learning geography a blast.


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