Let's Go, Philadelphia!
1998
First Published
3.45
Average Rating
128
Number of Pages
Part of Series
Philadelphia fun! Richard "Beast" Best and the kids in Ms. Rooney's class are off to see the Liberty Bell, the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin's inventions, and historic places where American colonists met and decided to start a new country, the United States. It's going to be a great day—except that Mrs. Miller, the Killer, the substitute teacher, is coming along. But in the City of Brotherly Love, Mrs. Miller and Beast have a terrific time with everyone from the Polk Street School.
Avg Rating
3.45
Number of Ratings
11
5 STARS
18%
4 STARS
27%
3 STARS
36%
2 STARS
18%
1 STARS
0%
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Author
Patricia Reilly Giff
Author · 110 books
Patricia Reilly Giff was the author of many beloved books for children, including the Kids of the Polk Street School books, the Friends and Amigos books, and the Polka Dot Private Eye books. Several of her novels for older readers have been chosen as ALA-ALSC Notable Books and ALA-YALSA Best Books for Young Adults. They include The Gift of the Pirate Queen; All the Way Home; Water Street; Nory Ryan's Song, a Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Honor Book for Fiction; and the Newbery Honor Books Lily's Crossing and Pictures of Hollis Woods. Lily's Crossing was also chosen as a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book.
