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Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Brown, Don | Illustrator: Brown, Don |
| Title: Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure | Date: 1997 |
| Publisher: Houghton Mifflin | City: Boston |
| ISBN, paperback: | ISBN, hardback: 0-618-07316-7 |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: | Young Adult: |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): nonfiction | |
GED Descriptor(s): social studies |
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Summary: |
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| Alice Ramsey and three other women face floods, mud, and travel without maps as they drive from New York to San Francisco--in 1909. The charming watercolors add realistic humor to the narrative. | |
Teaching Ideas: |
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| This book makes an easy reading pair with Coast to Coast with Alice by Patricia Hyatt for a multi-level classroom. The trip provides ample opportunity to use map and math skills. In 1999, to celebrate the centennial of the original trip, two women attempted to duplicate the trip (www.daimlerchrysler.com/index_e.htm?news/top/1999/t90623b_e.htm). The problems they encountered as women would be a good discussion/writing topic. If learners like this book, look for others by Don Brown on the database about women's adventures. | |
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