Monuments and landmarks : Mount Rushmore's hidden room and other monumental secrets

First Title Value for Searching:

Personal Author:

Calkhoven, Laurie

Edition:

Simon Spotlight edition.

Physical Description:

47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Secrets of American history

Ready-to-read. Level three, Megastar reader!

Summary:

Did you know that President Franklin Roosevelt had a secret train station in New York City? Or that there's a hidden room inside Mount Rushmore? Unearth secrets about these monuments and more in this book about historical places!

Contents:

Building boom and bust -- The Chrysler building's secret spire -- FDR's secret train station -- Mount Rushmore's secret room.

Subject Term:

Presidents -- Monuments -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

National parks and reserves -- South Dakota -- Juvenile literature.

Additional Credits:

Fabbretti, Valerio

Audience/Lexile:

NC 1110 L

Publication Info:

New York, New York : Simon Spotlight, 2018

Subject:

Presidents -- Monuments -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

National parks and reserves -- South Dakota -- Juvenile literature.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.) -- Juvenile literature.

Chrysler Building (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile literature.

Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile literature.

Grand Central Station (New York, N.Y. : 1913- )

Presidency

SAILS ISBN:

9781534429246

9781534429253

Available:

Library	Shelf Number	Shelf Location	Status
Searching... Plainville Public Library	J 973 SEC PB	EASY READERS	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Fairhaven-Millicent	JER 973 CAL	EASY READERS	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Mansfield Public Library	J 973 C	CHILDREN NONFICTION	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Discover the thrilling side of the history of famous landmarks and monuments in this fact-tastic, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a series about the secrets of American History!

Did you know that President Franklin Roosevelt had a secret train station in New York City? Or that there's a hidden room inside Mount Rushmore? Unearth secrets about these monuments and more in this book about historical places!

Secrets of American History is an action-packed nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read series that lets beginning readers in on a little secret: history is full of surprises! Want to know what invisible ink has to do with the American Revolution? Or why shark repellant and inflatable army tanks were used in World War II? Find out in this fact-filled series of fascinating true tales, wild adventures, and spy missions, and discover the secret side of American history!

A special section at the back of the book includes Common Core-vetted extras on subjects like science, social studies, and math, and there's even a fun quiz so readers can test themselves to see what they've learned! Learning about history has never been so much fun!

Reviews (1)

Horn Book Review

The lively easy-reader series about American history continues to offer beginning readers entertaining and lesser-known facts surrounding popular topics. This edition covers monuments and landmarks, in particular the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, FDR's secret train station under the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and Mount Rushmore. Fabbretti's amusing illustrations add an extra level of kid-friendly interest. Facts and a quiz are appended. (c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.