Splash right into the people and places that make our country great as you travel the Mighty Mississippi with Eliza Jane and Henry. Eliza Jane, who wants more than anything to be a queen in jeans, has not found geography lessons quite as interesting as her teacher would wish. But when she adds an ample dose of her imagination to Miss Fletchers lesson, suddenly school becomes a river adventure. She is headed from Lake Itasca down to New Orleans to be crowned queens of Mardi Gras. Along the way she makes friends as colourful as the states from which they hail and learns that there is more behind a map than even she could imagine. First in a series of picture books that bring the vibrant cities and towns of Americas largest river systems to life in a delightful way for young geographers, this is a tribute to the diverse beauty and strength of the United States.