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BRIAN P. CLEARY Illustrated by J. P. SANDY
j Millbrook Press • Minneapolis
To my daughter Ellen —B.P.C.
To oyce, Eric, and Michael —J.P.S.
Text copyright © 2010 by Brian P. Cleary
Illustrations copyright © 2010 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.
Millbrook Press
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Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A.
Website address: www.lernerbooks.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cleary, Brian P., 1959–
“Super-hungry mice eat onions” and other painless tricks for memorizing geography facts / by Brian P. Cleary ; illustrated by J. P. Sandy.
p. cm. — (Adventures in memory) Includes index.
ISBN: 978–0–8225–7820-8 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
1. Geography—Miscellanea. 2. Mnemonics. I. Sandy, J. P., ill. II. Title. G131.C64 2010
910—dc22 2008049644
Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 – DP – 15 14 13 12 11 10
eISBN: 978-0-7613-5693-6
introduction 4 HoW THIS Book WILL HeLP YoU MeMorIze GeoGrAPHY FACTS
Think locally 6
UP, DoWN, AND ALL AroUND 6 AT 13 CoLoNY STreeT 8 THeSe LAkeS Are GreAT! 10 NIFTY, NIFTY, THeY MADe 50! 11 GoING To ToWN 12
FIve IN oNe 14 MIxeD-UP CoUNTrY 20
A MILLIoN To oNe 24
Think Globally 26
WATer, WATer everYWHere 26 verY CoNTINeNTAL 28
oH, CANADA! 36 MIxeD-UP WorLD 38
THe NAvIGATIoN STATIoN 42
A MAP oF THe UNITeD STATeS 44 A MAP oF THe WorLD 45 ANSWer keY 46
GLoSSArY 46 reAD oN! 47 INDex 48
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