Super Cities! Atlanta

by Diane Bailey

Overview

Sometimes the coolest places are right outside your front door. Learning about Atlanta’s interesting and unique culture has never been so super fun!

Did you know that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta? Or that Inman Park, dating back to 1890, is Atlanta’s oldest neighborhood? Did you know that Stone Mountain is actually a monadnock? From the Olympic games to the World of Coca-Cola, Super Cities!: Atlanta covers it all and is sure to engage any reader with fun facts about the history, culture, and people who make this city great. Explore Little Five Points, and join in the fun at Centennial Olympic Park, all right here. Take a peek inside to learn more about the impressive, unusual, super history of Atlanta!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439676271
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	10/17/2022
Series:	Super Cities
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	26 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	7 - 12 Years

About the Author

Diane Bailey has been writing and editing for about 30 years. She started in consumer journalism, and then moved into writing for children once her own kids were old enough to get into trouble without her assistance. Now, she's written almost 100 books for kids and teens, on everything from sports to science, but her favorite topics are history and the people who made it. Recently she's published children's biographies on Susan La Flesche Picotte, the country's first Native American to earn a medical degree; Fred Rogers, the beloved host of the children's TV show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; Ida B. Wells, an activist for African American rights; and Gandhi, the famous activist from India. Diane has two grown sons and lives in Lawrence, Kansas.

Table of Contents

Welcome to Atlanta! 4

Map It! 6

Made in the Shade 8

Atlanta Means 10

Atlanta BeltLine 12

History: First People 14

History: Building a Town 16

History: Out of the Ashes 18

History Atlanta Grows Up 20

History: Civil Rights in Atlanta 22

History: New Directions 24

People from the Past 26

The Home of Dr. King 28

Atlanta Neighborhoods 30

Why Is It So Hot and Sticky 32

Things to See 34

Stone Mountain 40

Getting Around Atlanta 44

Art in Atlanta 46

Atlanta Museums 48

Performing Arts 52

How to Talk Atlanta 54

Atlanta: It's Weird 56

Hey! I'm From Atlanta, Too! 58

What People Do in Atlanta 60

Hollywood of the South 62

Eat the Atlanta Way 64

Go, Atlanta Sports! 66

College Town 72

Atlanta's HBCUs 74

It's Alive: Animals in Atlanta 76

We Saw It at the Zoo! 78

We Saw It at the Aquarium! 80

Parks 82

Spooky Sights 84

Not Far Away 86

Sister Cities 90

Find Out More 92

Index 94