Nifty Plates from the Fifty States

For family car trips, these three titles offer plenty to keep backseat travelers busy. Nifty Plates from the Fifty States by Paul Beatrice reproduces all 50 state license plates on cardboard stock (arranged alphabetically), hole-punched and tied together with a thick red shoelace inside a corrugated plastic box. The front of each card depicts the license plates kids might see on the nation's highways, while the back offers facts about each state, from population and state flower to intriguing ""fun facts"" (for instance, ""ninety percent of the toothpicks we use are produced in Maine"") A foldout map of the United States gives readers the big picture.