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Family Friendly Book, Hidden New Jersey - a Seek-and-Search Book, Releases February 1, 2012

Mackinac Island Press, an imprint of Charlesbridge Publishing, announces the release of Hidden New Jersey, a seek-and-search book for young and old by Linda J. Barth and Hazel Mitchell.

More than the shore!  Explore the great state of New Jersey from High Point to Cape May, from the Pine Barrens to the Watchungs, from the Lower Delaware to the Jersey shore. The Garden State has it all—history, culture, nature, industry, and fun!

Children and their families will love learning about the amazing past and present of America’s third state. Stand on the spot where George Washington stood after crossing the Delaware to fight for American independence. Visit the Cowtown Rodeo in Woodstown for a whoop and a holler. Grab a hammer and mine for your own minerals at the Franklin Mineral Museum. Travel north to south, east to west–—you’ll never run out of amazing things to see and do in New Jersey. And you’ll get some great ideas for day trips.

Double-page spreads are jam-packed with colorful illustrations of the people, places, inventions, and attractions in New Jersey. Readers are encouraged to explore a little more and find hidden pictures in each illustration.

The author is available to present “Celebrate New Jersey,” a PowerPoint program about the wonders of the Garden State, to groups of all ages and sizes.

Linda J. Barth is a retired fourth-grade teacher who lives in Somerville, New Jersey. She has served on the boards of Celebrate New Jersey, the Raritan-Millstone Heritage Alliance, and the D&R Canal Watch and currently                       is the executive director of the League of Historical Societies of New Jersey. She is the author of Bridgetender’s Boy, The Delaware and Raritan Canal, and The Delaware and Raritan Canal at Work and has contributed to the Encyclopedia of New Jersey.

Hazel Mitchell has illustrated over twelve children’s books, including All-Star Cheerleaders in the Tick Tock Taylor series, Why am I Here?, and Sabu and Me, which was awarded Creative Child Magazine’s Picture Book of the Year in 2010. Hazel lives in Detroit, Maine.

Hard cover, $17.95, HCISBN 978-1-934133-40-8 $17.95

Paper back, $8.95, PBISBN 978-1-60734-090-4

$6.99 E-book,Ages 6–9

10 x 10 •32 pages, full-color illustration

To order books for an event with Linda J. Barth or Hazel Mitchell,               please contact Donna Spurlock at 617-926-0329, ext. 122, or via              email at dspurlock@charlesbridge.com.

Linda J. Barth, 214 North Bridge Street, Somerville, NJ 08876; barths@att.net; 908-240-0488; 908-722-7428