Cindy, it sounds like a great book, and I thought it was really cool when I heard about it on NPR.
Smile.You know they make a talking map puzzle now, where you cover the right state and it tells you the state name and the capital.
Pretty cool! But I do want to read it. So please someone scan it for me. Haven't even looked to see if it is in my library though I doubt it. Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs for the Blind Alumni Association www.guidedogs.com----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 6:51 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] How the States Got Their Shapes
Ah! I checked my "requesters" list and it was Shelley who requested How the States got their Shapes.It's an interesting history--for grown-ups, not for children, though it sounds like it, doesn't it. It's 352 pages and was just published in May. It doesn't seem to be on the NY TIMes best-seller list which surprises me a little because of its popularity in my library.Ive started to read it. There are numerous gray-and-white maps that probably won't scan and would be impossible to describe but they just illustrate the text rather than elaborate on it. Anyone with a puzzle map of the U.S. with cut-out states like the ones we had as children could feel the boundaries that are talked about in the first chapter.This is a book which, even though I might have already read it by the time it gets submitted and by the time I finish what I'm working on I'd be willing to validate if no one else wanted to, but I'm sure there are history buffs who would be more-than-willing. I definitely recommend itCindy***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS AVAILABLE AThttp://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htmA LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.htmlhttp://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ Jake's site for useful links: http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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