The Ohio Reader

From the author of B is for Buckeye: An Ohio Alphabet and Cardinal Numbers: An Ohio Number Book comes yet another reason to enjoy learning about the Buckeye State. In The Ohio Reader Marcia Schonberg expands the lessons from her two previous books and uses a variety of writing forms to showcase the state's history, people, symbols, and lore. Poetry (including a state pledge), word games, and Who Am I? animal riddles attract and engage beginning readers. Prose, biographies, and short stories (including a Civil War chapter story) challenge more advanced readers. With its broad scope and lively writing, The Ohio Reader offers "buckeyes" of all ages an armchair tour of the state and its wonders. Modeled after traditional primers, this book includes individual stories, riddles, and poems about Ohio's history, famous people, and state symbols. Patterned after the popular nineteenth-century McGuffey Readers, these multi-leveled books aim to teach life lessons and build reading skills. Colorful illustrations accompany lively prose, poetry, games, and short stories--working together to entertain as well as educate. Simple poems and riddles engage the beginning reader while older students are captivated by longer, more challenging fare including biographies and original fiction.