Do you know... WHAT ingredients are in Cincinnati's own chili recipe? (Hint: It's pasta perfect!) WHY Cincinnati was once nicknamed "Porkopolis?" (Hint: It had nothing to do with the weight of its citizens!) Find these answers and more in Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know--an interesting little book about a very special place on the planet! Arcadia Kids is a new series of fun, colorful, easy-to-read books for children ages 7-11 featuring attention-grabbing cover art, inviting conversational style content, and vivid full-color images of landmarks and geography. Parents, grandparents, and savvy shoppers will appreciate the feel good factor of purchasing books that are both fun AND educational. Title: Summer Reading Author: Pamela Publisher: Family Travel Website Date: July 2010 "With around 30 pages per book, "Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know" is bursting with historical facts, quirky stories, and fun knowledge about the city and state you're vacationing to. With explanations of diaper wearing horses, unique city nicknames (Porkopolis? I'm curious about that one!) and an introduction to the Tallest Cowboy in Texas, it's really no wonder that your kids will take a cover-to-cover approach when reading this delightful series. Of course, as a parent, I must also point out the educational value of such an engaging series - especially during the summer, when it can be most difficult to interest your kids in reading. The colorful layout and pictures are a perfect balance to the interesting content, allowing your kids to really connect with and enjoy the stories and information. The subject matter will keep them involved and excited about your family vacation destination, as well as giving them fun facts, trivia and information to share with the rest of the family during your vacation together!" http://tiny.cc/familytravleguides_blog Title: Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know About Atlanta, Charleston, Tampa, Orlando, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Dallas, and Houston Author: CanCan Publisher: MomMostTraveled.com Date: 12/10/2010 If you are planning a family trip or just want to teach distant relatives about your city, Arcadia Publishing has launched a fun new series called Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know. Each Cool Stuff book contains colorful photographs, dynamic graphics, and kid-friendly facts about a specific city and state. I would have LOVED this series as a child, but I appreciate it as an adult as well. What if I was going to visit someone in one of these places, and I wanted to impress them with my cornucopia of local-esque knowledge? Currently the series includes: ?Charleston, SC:: Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know ?Atlanta, GA:: Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know ?Orlando, FL:: Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know ?Tampa, FL:: Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know ?Buffalo, NY:: Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know ?Cincinnati, OH:: Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know ?Houston, TX:: Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know ?Dallas, TX:: Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know If you home school, or are a teacher, these books would be a cool extension activity for your state history curriculum. Each book includes sixteen pages of fun facts about the city and 32 pages about the state. The books have sections like Sights and Sounds, Marvelous Monikers, and Dramatic Days. Read them on the car trip, use them to plan your sight seeing, or challenge each other with cool trivia questions. ~ What event always draws a big crowd on the first Sunday in May in Cincinnati? (the Flying Pig Marathon) ~ What city is nicknamed The Big Guava? (Tampa) ~ How many people visit the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo each year? (1,800,000) In April, fourteen more Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know books will be published for Columbus, OH; Austin, TX; San Antonio, TX; Columbia, SC; Savannah, Jacksonville, Rochester, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Charlotte, Richmond, Boston, and Chicago. Author of the series, Kate Boehm Jerome, is a thirty-year veteran of educational book publishing. Title: Florida Travel Tips & Deals Author: Georgina Cruz Publisher: Chicago Tribune Date: 12/1/2010 Reading for young explorers on your holiday gift list - "The Barefoot Book Of Dance Stories" by Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple (Barefoot Books, $23.99) features dance folktales from around the world. Illustrated by Helen Cann, the book features such dances as the West Indian limbo and Spain's flamenco. It comes with a CD with stories narrated by Juliet Stevenson. Visit www.barefootbooks.com. Looking for books about cities with cool stuff for kids? Arcadia Publishing has launched a new series about U.S. cities: Cool Stuff Every Kid Should Know. The books, by Kate Boehm Jerome, feature colorful photos, graphics, anecdotes, and kid-friendly facts about Orlando, Tampa, Charleston, Atlanta, Buffalo, Houston, Dallas and Cincinnati, the first books in the paperback series. Each book includes 16 pages of fun facts about the city, plus 32 pages about the stat