Let's Go, Philadelphia! — Patricia Reilly Giff

Philadelphia fun! Richard "Beast" Best and the kids in Ms. Rooney's class are off to see the Liberty Bell, the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin's inventions, and historic places where American colonists met and decided to start a new country, the United States. It's going to be a great trip -- except that Mrs. Miller, the Killer, the substitute teacher, is coming along. And she wants to spend the day with -- Beast!

But in the City of Brotherly Love, Mrs. Miller and Beast have a terrific time with everyone from the Polk Street School. And at the end of the story there's a kids' guide, with maps, to all the best museums, landmarks, monuments, and other sights in Philadelphia.