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Four funny friends travel to Disney World for the vacation of a lifetime! They have a lot of fun, until... A pirate kidnaps one! Ghosts grab the second! A mouse house swallows the third one! And the fourth is left to find them all! Solving this magical mystery will take a little good luck and loads of creativity! Do you have it in you to "Think like Walt" and help save the read kid characters before the fireworks?! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Walt Disney -Farm - Innovation and ingenuity - Hardships to success - Mickey Mouse during the depression - Disney Studios • History of Disneyland and the 30,000 acres of land surrounding it • Slave Folklore and history of Brer Rabbit • History of Liberty Bell - Declaration of Independence - George Washington - Liberty Tree • Grover Cleveland • Abraham Lincoln • Jimmy Carter • Bill Clinton • Democrats/Republicans • Cultural differences and similarities of the seven continents • Disney World General information and history of the design and architecture • Main Street, U.S.A • Pirates of the Caribbean Ride • Splash Mountain • The Hall of Presidents • The Haunted Mansion • It's a Small World Ride • The Mad Tea Party Ride • Mickey's Toontown Fair • ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter • Cinderella's Castle. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.4 Accelerated Reader Points: 3 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74556 Lexile Measure: 730 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40 Get your FREE Resources!
- Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards .
- Download the Where Have You Been map .
- Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries .
- Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities .
- Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters .
Author
Carole Marsh is a children's author and the founder of Gallopade International, a children’s book publishing company headquartered in Peachtree City, GA. Marsh writes mystery fiction in addition to works of non-fiction for children. Initially she self-published under the imprint Gallopade Publishing Group, which she founded in 1979; today Gallopade International is a major small publisher based in Peachtree City, Georgia. In 2007 Marsh received the Georgia Author of the Year award for her contributions to children's literature and to the state of Georgia over the past twenty-seven years.
