The Mystery on the Mighty Mississippi (Real Kids, Real Places) (Real Kids! Real Places! (Paperback)) - Softcover

Carole Marsh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0635023911 ISBN 13: 9780635023919

Publisher: Gallopade International, 2004

Synopsis

Christina and Grant start in New Orleans. Their two new friends start at the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Minnesota. They planned to meet at the Gateway Arch in Saint Louis. But they didn't plan on getting involved in a very strange mystery which takes them over locks and dams, past Tom Sawyer's cave and past many other fascinating sights along the mighty Mississippi. Are they being followed? Tricked or trapped? Come along for the ride and see!

LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more!
New Orleans history, facts, and traditions ˇ The French Quarter of New Orleans ˇ Mimes ˇ Mardi Gras history ˇ Cajun history and lifestyle (seafood gumbo, zydeco, and Cajun two-step) ˇ Funeral traditions in New Orleans ˇ Where the Mississippi River runs ˇ Mississippi River history and facts ˇ Paddlewheeler boats ˇ Life along the Mississippi River ˇ Gateway Arch construction, architecture, and history ˇ St. Louis history ˇ Jackson Square ˇ The Cabildo, famous fort where the Louisiana Purchase had been signed ˇ City of the Dead, Burial Ground ˇ Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri ˇ Museum of Western Expansion.

Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.

Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:
Grade Levels: 3-6
Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.4
Accelerated Reader Points: 3
Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 79514
Lexile Measure: 680
Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q
Developmental Assessment Level: 40

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1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards HERE.


2. Download the Where Have You Been map HERE.


3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries HERE.
4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities HERE.
5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters HERE.

About this title

About the Author:

Carole Marsh:

• Native of Atlanta, Georgia
• Professional writer and photographer
• Founder and CEO of Gallopade International, Inc.
• Founder and Owner of Marsh Media, a public relations anD corporate communications firm
• Creator of more than 15,000 products, primarily fiction and non-fiction supplementary educational materials
including books, interactive CD-ROMs, games, and online adventures

Awards Include:

• 2011 Teachers’ Choice for the Classroom by Learning Magazine
• 2007 Greatest Products by iParenting Media
• 2006 Georgia Author of the Year by Georgia Writers Association
• 2004 Teachers’ Choice for the Family by Learning Magazine
• 2003 Excellence in Education Award from the National School Supply and Equipment Association
• 2002 Teachers' Choice Award by Learning Magazine
• 2002 Award of Excellence Recipient from Association Advance America
• 2000 Fastest Growing Small Press from Publishers Weekly
• Communicator of the Year in 1979

Review:

Many young students are well acquainted with the mighty river that divides this continent into East and West. The Mississippi River itself offers geography, history, literature, folklore, and mystery. This novel presents fictional excitement and educational fun in the story of young Christina and her brother, Grant, on summer vacation with their grandparents, Papa and Mimi. They begin their trip north on the river from New Orleans, planning to join up with friends who are traveling simultaneously from the source of the river in Minnesota. The two families are to meet in St. Louis, Missouri, where Mimi has been invited to present a speech. Mystery enters the story in the form of a red rose. At a sidewalk café in New Orleans, a wandering mime leaves a red rose in Christina's hair. She finds another rose when she is briefly gone astray in an aboveground cemetery. A third is found on her plate in the grand dining room aboard the Delta Queen headed for St. Louis. The significance of the roses is revealed when a young male journalist seeking to make a name for himself―the mime out of costume―delivers Mimi's stolen speech. The story is not only fun to read, but it overflows with interesting facts. Readers learn how the French and Canadians settled in New Orleans and their descendants became known as Cajuns, and that the cemeteries are above ground because the city is below sea level. There is also a description of how the Mighty Mississippi was home to Mark Twain (and thus Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn) and how it begins in Northern Minnesota as a small creek that a child can jump over. As a young mother in 1979, the author founded her own publishing company, specializing in books for children that supplement their classroom learning, along with educational materials for teachers. Publisher's Weekly has called Gallopade "the fastest-growing small publisher." Marsh's mystery series and "State Stuff" books (about all fifty states and Washington, D.C.) both have received the Teacher's Choice Award from Learning Magazine. This title is number fourteen in the mystery series for readers aged eight to eleven. Photographs of the children add little to the story, but the map of the Mississippi River is instructive. Supplemental material at the back of the book informs readers about the author, provides a glossary, lists a scavenger hunt (to find facts in the text), gives hints for writing a mystery story, and includes a form that children can mail in for a chance to be a character in an upcoming book. Teaching guides are available separately for each series title, making these books excellent choices for supplementary reading in the upper elementary classroom. (July) Author: Linda Cooley Source: Foreword Magazine Published On: 2004-09-01

About this edition

• Publisher: Gallopade International
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0635023911
• ISBN 13: 9780635023919
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 146