Spenser Goes to St. Louis — Melanie Brooks

Spenser's travels offer children and the adults in their live fascinating, challenging, and compassionate learning experiences about the United States. These stories of Spenser, a very small, almost human dog, are appealing because of Spenser's personality and the fact that he does very cool things with his traveling companion, his mother (things other kids want to do). Spenser possesses character traits that children can relate to and that the adults want children to emulate: curiosity, compassion, and a sense of adventure. Spenser details his travels so that children can learn the history, culture, and geography of the different parts of the United States.