The author of this book has an article in AAA World this month entitled "Looking at
the World through Reading Glasses" , described as "Walk the streets your favorite
characters walked, visit the towns and countryside they inhabit. Discover the joys
of combining your love of reading with your love of travel". The article begins by
describing reading Madeline to their 5-year-old daughter while in Paris. (the
article should be accessible on aaaworld.com next month) I looked up her book on
Amazon and a reviewer provides this information:
Thirty international locales from books aimed at 3- to 13-year olds are described.
Each descriptive chapter includes a few sentences summarizing the overarching
experience (with location and age information); a one to two page summary of the
book; several pages relating an actual visit by an adult(s) and child(ren); and,
one to several pages detailing the specific location(s) involved, including names,
addresses, phone numbers and web sites. Also included are a list of twenty-five
other literary travel possibilities, including Call of the Wild and Peter Pan, and
an index to titles.
The books and sites included are:
The Adventures of Pinocchio, Tuscany, Italy
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hannibal, Missouri and environs
And Now Miguel, Taos, New Mexico
Anne of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island, Canada
A Bear Called Paddington, London, England
The Black Stallion, Belmont Park, Long Island, New York
Brighty of the Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Child of the Owl, San Francisco, California
Eloise, New York City, New York
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York City, New York
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates, Haarlem Amsterdam and environs
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, London, Windsor and Durham, England
Heidi, Graubunden, Switzerland
Hill of Fire, Paracutin Volcano, Michoacan, Mexico
Island of the Blue Dolphins, Channel Islands National Park, Ventura, California
Kidnapped, Isle of Mull, Scotland
Linnea in Monet's Garden, Paris and Giverny, France
Little House on the Prairie, De Smet, South Dakota
The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge, New York City
Little Women, Concord, Massachusetts
Madeline, Paris, France
Make Way for Ducklings, Boston, Massachusetts
Maybelle the Cable Car, San Francisco, California
Paddle-to-the-Sea, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Hamelin, Germany
Ramona Quimby, Age 8, Portland, Oregon
Song of the Swallows, San Juan Capistrano, California
The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Lake District, England
The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 1963, Birmingham, Alabama
Yolonda's Genius, Chicago, Illinois
Mary Walter
Jamestown Elementary
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