Preview Woody and Maggie Children’s Book
“Woody and Maggie Walk Across America” is a children’s book that features something unusual about each state I visited in my 12-month cross-country ride with my mule Woody and pony Maggie. I wrote half of it and Woody and Maggie handled the rest. If young readers don’t remember Arizona for the saguaro cactus, they’ll remember it for the naked green giants that can’t get their shoes back on.
Arizona: What I saw (Left) and what Woody and Maggie saw (Right)
So it’s an entertaining read. But it’s a geography book at heart and meant to teach children about the United States. Exercises at the end of the book help young readers identify each state by shape, location and characteristic.
Pages of exercises help young readers navigate the United States
“Woody and Maggie” is big (8 1/2” X 11”), bold (lots of primary colors) and all the pictures and maps are hand-drawn. It’s engineered extra-tough for the young crowd. I had the book printed on heavy paper (100-lb stock), saddle-stitch-bound with an extra-thick cover (120 point board) and wrapped with a dust jacket. This is one expedition-grade piece of literature.
The 40-page, full color, hard-back would be perfect for any 5 to 10-year-old reader on your gift list. Or you could buy it for yourself. Some evenings I just leaf through it and loose myself in the America of windmills, sand dunes and ‘fraidy holes.
“Woody and Maggie” Back Cover
