Pub Date: September 1, 2003
Dewey: 974.6
LCCN: 2003010469
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 06 to 08
Physical Info: 0.40" H x 9.32" L x 11.39" W ( 0.97 lbs) 40 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States State and Local | Concepts | Alphabet | Places | United States
Series: Discover America State by State
Description: An alphabet book that introduces Connecticut's history, culture, and landscape, from the state bird, American Robin, to the letter z in Noah Webster's dictionary.
Brief description:
Elissa D. Grodin grew up in a large family in Kansas City, Missouri, and was 15 years old when she started to write short stories. While living in London in the late '70s, she wrote for the Times Literary Supplement and New Statesman. After moving to New York, she studied at the School of Visual Arts and met her husband, actor Charles Grodin, while interviewing him for American Film magazine. Elissa lives with her family in Wilton, Connecticut.