
Details
Author | O'Neal, Claire |
Binding | Library Bound |
Copyright | 2011 |
Dewey Number | 917.9777 |
Dimensions | 6.5 x 9.25 |
Interest Level | Intermediate |
Reading Level | 5.1 |
Series | Class Trip |
Series ISBN | 9781584158837 |
Pages | 48 |
Subject | Seattle (Wash.) |
Seattle
Join Natalie and her fourth-grade class as they learn all about Seattle! Lakes, mountains, and forests surround this Emerald City. Find out how Seattle began as a lumberjack town, the dream of Arthur Denny, an enterprising businessperson who led the first group of non-Native settlers to Seattle. Destroyed by a fire, Seattle was reborn to serve customers worldwidefirst as a port for Klondike prospectors, then as a builder of World War II warbirds, and today as world headquarters for Microsoft and Starbucks. Not just for coffee and raincoats, Seattle prides itself on a thriving arts community, as seen in the Experience Music Project and Olympic Sculpture Gardens. Travel with Natalies class as they spend a week in Seattle. Theyll visit classic destinations, like Pike Place Market and the Space Needle, and experience Seattles fun and funky neighborhoods. Its a trip you wont forget!