Synopses & Reviews
Take a walking tour through famous Chicago landmarks with this die-cut Accord book, featuring memorable illustrations, fun historic facts, and a colorful gatefold map of the Windy City.
Designed to illuminate Chicago's skyline, every page of this stylishly illustrated book features the cut-out silhouette of a notable site. The tour begins at the steps of the Art Institute of Chicago and travels past Wrigley Field, pausing outside the Lincoln Zoo before continuing on past the Hancock Building, and ultimately ending its trek at Lake Michigan. With fun illustrations and interesting facts on every page, this book serves as a great souvenir, allowing kids and adults alike to see and experience famous landmarks of this great city.
About the Author
Andrews McMeel Publishing is the nation's top calendar publisher, annually producing calendars based on many top-selling properties such as Dilbert, Thomas Kinkade, and Mary Engelbreit, among other characters and titles, and selling more than 15 million calendars each year.
AMP is also a leading publisher of cookbook, humor, gift, and general nonfiction trade books with as many as 200 new titles published annually as well as children's books (Accord Publishing). Highlights from 2009 include New York Times best-sellers Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong by Jen Yates; Stupid American History by Leland Gregory; Obama: Election 2008 by The Poynter Institute; and Accord's Bee & Me by Elle J. McGuinness and Heather Brown.