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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

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Justin Badger

Gallopade International

800-536-2438, extension 40

January 8, 2010

New Mount Vernon Mystery Gives History Lesson

(MOUNT VERNON, VA)—Comb your wig, brush your wooden teeth and get ready for your trip to historic Mount Vernon in award-winning author Carole Marsh’s The Mystery at Mount Vernon. This mystery gives young readers a different look at history and the Father of Our Country, George Washington.

The Mystery at Mount Vernon is the perfect combination of history and mystery. Young readers visit the Mansion House Farm, Cemetery, and Forest Trail as well as many other sites at Mount Vernon while learning about Colonial America, Georgia Washington and his home. This history lesson is all wrapped up in a mysterious scavenger hunt involving shady characters and wooden teeth.

“My favorite part about the Real Kids! Real Places! series is being able to intertwine my love of history in an exciting mystery adventure,” says author Carole Marsh. “This is a great way I can teach kids about one of our most influential American heroes, George Washington.”

Carole Marsh Mysteries encompass 72 books in nine distinct series. The Mystery at Mount Vernon is the 32^nd book in the Real Kids! Real Places! series, also known as America’s National Mystery Book Series, and publishes January 25, 2010. This series, which won Learning Magazine’s Teacher’s Choice Award, features real children visiting real places across the United States. All Carole Marsh Mysteries incorporate unique features that expand their educational value, including SAT words, an online book club and fun activities, along with having assigned Accelerated Reader quizzes, Lexile measures and Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading levels.

Carole Marsh is the national spokesperson of 2010: Year of the Children’s Mystery Book and has been named Georgia Author of the Year for Middle Readers. She is the founder and CEO of Gallopade International, a leader in the production of curriculum and supplementary educational materials since 1979. Gallopade products have earned many awards, including the National School Supply and Equipment Association’s Excellence in Education award and the iParenting Media Award for Greatest Products.

For more information, please contact Gallopade International at 800-536-2438 or visit www.gallopade.com.



	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: For more information contact: Justin Badger Gallopade International 800-536-2438, extension 40 January 8, 2010 New Mount Vernon Mystery Gives History Lesson (MOUNT VERNON, VA)—Comb your wig, brush your wooden teeth and get ready for your trip to historic Mount Vernon in award-winning author Carole Marsh’s The Mystery at Mount Vernon. This mystery gives young readers a different look at history and the Father of Our Country, George Washington. The Mystery at Mount Vernon is the perfect combination of history and mystery. Young readers visit the Mansion House Farm, Cemetery, and Forest Trail as well as many other sites at Mount Vernon while learning about Colonial America, Georgia Washington and his home. This history lesson is all wrapped up in a mysterious scavenger hunt involving shady characters and wooden teeth. “My favorite part about the Real Kids! Real Places! series is being able to intertwine my love of history in an exciting mystery adventure,” says author Carole Marsh. “This is a great way I can teach kids about one of our most influential American heroes, George Washington.” Carole Marsh Mysteries encompass 72 books in nine distinct series. The Mystery at Mount Vernon is the 32^nd book in the Real Kids! Real Places! series, also known as America’s National Mystery Book Series, and publishes January 25, 2010. This series, which won Learning Magazine’s Teacher’s Choice Award, features real children visiting real places across the United States. All Carole Marsh Mysteries incorporate unique features that expand their educational value, including SAT words, an online book club and fun activities, along with having assigned Accelerated Reader quizzes, Lexile measures and Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading levels. Carole Marsh is the national spokesperson of 2010: Year of the Children’s Mystery Book and has been named Georgia Author of the Year for Middle Readers. She is the founder and CEO of Gallopade International, a leader in the production of curriculum and supplementary educational materials since 1979. Gallopade products have earned many awards, including the National School Supply and Equipment Association’s Excellence in Education award and the iParenting Media Award for Greatest Products. For more information, please contact Gallopade International at 800-536-2438 or visit www.gallopade.com. ##

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