"Introduces the reader to wacky roadside attractions"-- Young learners will love reading about the cool and crazy roadside attractions that can be found across America. They?ll visit a giant peanut, a museum shaped like an elephant, and more all in the pages of this fun and fascinating book. --

"Along Route 66 describes the architectural styles found along the highway from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, and pairs photos with stories of the buildings and of the people who built them, lived in them, and made a living from them. With striking black-and-white images and unforgettable oral histories of this rapidly disappearing architecture, Quinta Scott has docomented the culture of America?s most famous road"--Amazon.com.

With frequent stops at pop culture meccas, and unforgettable encounters with humans of singular interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces listeners not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them, and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining way listeners have come to expect from NPR.