Super Cities! Nashville

by Mark Shulman

Overview

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

Did you know Nashville is nicknamed Music City? Or that the famous musician Bob Dylan recorded an album here? Have you ever wanted to visit the Parthenon without traveling to Greece? From the Belle Mead Mansion to the Tomato Art Fest, Super Cities!: Nashville covers it all and is sure to engage any reader with fun facts about the history, culture, and people who make this place great. Attend a show at the Grand Ole Opry and catch a Nashville Predators game, all right here. Take a peek inside to learn more about the impressive, unusual, super history of the Music City!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439676257
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

Though based in New York City, Mark Shulman has traveled widely and became a big fan of barbecue in both Chicago and Kansas City! He is the author of dozens of books for kids on a wide variety of nonfiction topics, from animals and palindromes to robots and football. His work has been published by National Geographic Kids, Time Inc. Books, Discovery, Penguin, and Scholastic. He has also written fiction, including the award-winning novel Scrawl.

Table of Contents

Welcome to Nashville! 4

Nashville: Map It! 6

Music City 8

Nashville Means 10

Grand Ole Opry 12

History: First People 14

History: Nashville Begins 16

History: It's a City 18

History: Nashville Grows Up! 20

Nashville and Civil Rights 22

People From the Past 24

Nashville Today 26

Nashville Weather 28

Things to See in Nashville 30

Getting Around Nashville 36

It's Official! 38

Art in Nashville 40

Museums: Go See 'Em 42

Performing Arts 46

Festivals! 48

How to Talk Nashville 50

Nashville: It's Weird! 52

What People Do in Nashville 54

Hey! I'm From Nashville, Too! 56

Country Music Hall of Fame 58

Eat the Nashville Way 60

Go, Nashville Sports! 62

Take it Outside! 66

Nashville: College Town 68

LOL: Laugh with Nashville! 70

Go to the Park! 72

It's Alive! Animals in Nashville 74

We Saw It at the Zoo 76

Nashville by the Numbers 78

Spooky Sites 80

On Broadway 82

Every Year 84

Not Far Away 86

Sister Cities Around the World 90

Find Out More 92

Index 94