The 50 States of Fun: Go, Go America by Dan Yaccarino

Massachusetts boasts the first chocolate chip cookie, the first U. S. lighthouse, AND the first pink plastic lawn flamingo!

Maine produces over 100 million toothpicks PER DAY!

Vermont has the highest ratio of dairy cows--one milker for every four citizens--and Montana has three head of cattle per person.

What would we all do while those birthday cake candles burn down if Kentucky hadn't given us "Happy Birthday to You?"

The world's first hamburger hails from Louis' Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut, and the world's first ice cream cone was scooped into a rolled waffle cone in Missouri.

But cheers for Rutland, North Dakota, which served up the world's largest hamburger--all 3,591 pounds of it.

The nation's only Roadkill Cook-Off fires up annually in West Virginia. Bon appetit!

California grows more than half the NUTS in the United States. Well, duh!

Award-winning illustrator Dan Yaccarino shows off his talent for 1950's Madison Avenue style cartoon art in his jazzy new showcase of the states, Go, Go America. Join this fifties' family, Mom, Dad, Freddie, Frannie, and Fido Farley, for their fun and festive excursion through the fifty states--turning up off-beat ordinances (no soup slurping in New Jersey), famous firsts (first root beer in Mississippi), terrific trivia (it first rained frogs in Kansas City, MO), and awesome attractions (the Smithsonian and the Squished Penny Museum, both in Washington, D.C.). Plus, Yaccarino provides all the facts and figures about each state--area, capital, state bird, flower, tree, motto, and nickname--along with additional sources for those inevitable state research reports--all found in the helpful backmatter. A great book for informative browsing or serious scholarship, Dan Yaccarino's shows that the fifty states are the place to be.