Electronic Time for Learning States Author:Lynne Blanton Electronic Time for Learning: States is an interactive sound book that profiles each state in the United States through lively text, beautiful photographs, and a variety of audio sounds and trivia. Aimed at readers ages 7 and older, this hardcover book provides a cross-country journey across America. State profiles include an overview, unique fa... more »cts and sounds, and interactive audio quiz questions. To hear the sounds, readers enter three-digit codes found on the book's pages into the attached keypad. For example, readers can use codes to listen to Oregon's state bird, Wisconsin's dairy cows, West Virginia's state song, and more.Readers can also use the book's codes to hear fascinating facts read by a narrator and to answer dozens of interactive quiz questions, including these:Why is Connecticut called the Constitution State?What country owned California before the United States?How many people ride the New York City subway on a typical weekday?What two states gave up territory to form the District of Columbia?Which native Texas animal is the state mascot?What natural occurrence caused the flat landscape of Illinois?What conditions make Idaho the perfect home for the potato?« less