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Are we there yet? the first road trip across the USA

"It's May of 1903 and Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson is gearing up for the journey of a lifetime: the first road trip across the USA! After a heated debate about the power of "horseless carriages," aka cars, Dr. Jackson accepts a

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Main Author: McAnulty, Stacy (Author)
Corporate Author: Margaret K. McElderry Books (Firm)
Other Authors: Baddeley, Elizabeth (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2025]
Edition:First edition.
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Jackson, Horatio Nelson, > 1872-1955 > Travel > United States > Juvenile nonfiction.
Automobile travel > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile nonfiction.
Automobile driving > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
Overland journeys to the Pacific > Juvenile nonfiction.
United States > Description and travel > Juvenile nonfiction.
Creative nonfiction.
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Summary:"It's May of 1903 and Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson is gearing up for the journey of a lifetime: the first road trip across the USA! After a heated debate about the power of "horseless carriages," aka cars, Dr. Jackson accepts a
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm.
Audience:Ages 4 to 8
Grades 2-3
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781665937474
Author Notes:Stacy McAnulty is a mechanical engineer turned children's book author who dreams of someday being a dog therapist, a correspondent for The Daily Show , an astronaut, or a Green Bay Packers coach. She's the author of the chapter book series The Dino Files and Goldie Blox, the bestselling middle grade novel The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl , and picture books including Are We There Yet? illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley and Excellent Ed illustrated by Julia Sarcone-Roach, which won an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor. When not writing, Stacy likes to listen to NPR, bake triple-chocolate cupcakes, and eat triple-chocolate cupcakes. Originally from upstate New York, she now lives in Kernersville, North Carolina, with her three kids, three dogs, and one husband.

Elizabeth Baddeley is the illustrator of the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsberg Makes Her Mark , written by Debbie Levy. She also illustrated A Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country ; The Good Fight: The Feuds of the Founding Fathers (and How They Shaped the Nation) ; An Inconvenient Alphabet ; and Are We There Yet? . Elizabeth graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City with a degree in illustration and currently lives in Kansas City, Missouri. Learn more at EBaddeley.com.

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