Sunday, September 5th, 2010

Routes ‘n Roots: America

A BackPax “Adventure in Learning” for the child who’s going places

Book & non-readalong CD:$14.95
CD only:$12.95
Book only:$ 3.95
Excerpt

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America the Beautiful. It just may be the most exciting country in the world. There isn’t a food or face, language or lifestyle that can’t be found here. All you have to do is listen to this all-American family album: a Native American powwow, a New England family pilgrimage, a car-trip from South Dakota to Montana retracing the thousand-mile covered wagon route detailed in their “Grandma’s Diary” a century earlier; migration stories from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.  Celebrate America. Celebrate our Roots and Routes.  Recorded on location from Maine to New Mexico.  Perfect for ages 8 and older.

24-page BOOK

An all-American tribute to more than 80 cultures! Flags of many nations, treasury of celebrations, regional maps, discover your family tree, keepsake crafts, puzzle, glossary…and more!

30 minute NON-readalong CD

An all-American family album taped on locations from Maine to New Mexico.

Track Title
1 Snapshots: a Family Album
2 Native America Gathers: a Powwow
3 Northeast: a Family Pilgrimage
4 “The Strange Circumstance of Plandome’s Ghost”
5 WESTWARD HO!
6 Mid-Atlantic Roots: Becoming American
7 Pioneer Days 7
8 Wagon’s West: Grandma’s Diary
9 Southwest: Making Music