Destination: Cape Cod Book: Summer Shift (NEW July 2010)by Lynn Kiele Bonasia Mmmmm, a basket of fried clams with some macaroni salad to carry down to the rocks along the shore sounds might good right now. The main drawback to reading this book on a Cape Cod Beach would be the constant temptation to stop [...]
The Great American Road Trip Book: We’re There Rhode Island (2005)by Elizabeth S. Grumbach The subtitle says it all: Games, Puzzles and Fun Facts for Children as they Explore the Ocean State. We’re There Rhode Island invites filling in the blanks, map reading, coloring, puzzle solving and (shhhh!) learning.
Continue reading about Rhode Island: Travel Book for the Family
Congratulations are due. PEN New England honors Elyssa East for Dogtown as best non-fiction set in New England. The relevant part of the press release is below. Just look at the great company that Elyssa is in! You can see our take on Dogtown, the first inspiring travel literature in our Great American Road Trip [...]
The Great American Road Trip Destination: New Hampshire Book: The Good, Good Pig:The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood, by Sy Montgomery. Where would we be without librarians?
The Great American Road Trip Destination: Maine Book: The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island by Linda Greenlaw And don’t forget your musical accompaniment over at Music Road, where Kerry Dexter will introduce you to a Maine fiddler and a list of “storytellers in song” that hail from Maine.
The Great American Road Trip Destination: Vermont Book: South of the N. E. Kingdom by David Mamet (a National Geographic Series called Directions)
Destination: Concord, Massachusetts Site: Henry David Thoreau’s Home “What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?“
The Great American Road Trip Destination: Connecticut Movie: Ice Storm (1997) Starring Kevin Kline and Sigourny Weaver, Directed by Ang Lee Filmed in Greenwich, Connecticut.
