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The Hines Learns Books
Available now on Amazon: Pittsburgh, Marketing, the U.S.A., Saxonburg, the Christmas Story, a '90s Christmas, the First Thanksgiving, and the Three Branches of Government. Join the list to hear when the next adventure is ready.
Book 1 · Ages 5 to 8 · 22 pages
Hines Learns About Pittsburgh
Three rivers, hundreds of bridges, a ride up the Duquesne Incline, a Primanti Bros. sandwich, and a Terrible Towel wave for the Steelers.
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Book 2 · Ages 5 to 8 · 14 pages
Hines Learns About Marketing
Hines opens a dog biscuit stand in a Pittsburgh park and learns the four P's: Product, Price, Place, and Promotion. Four paws, four P's!
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Book 3 · Ages 5 to 8 · 15 pages
Hines Learns About the U.S.A.
A coast-to-coast trip from Jamestown and Independence Hall to Yellowstone, Kitty Hawk, and the Moon landing.
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Book 4 · Ages 5 to 8 · 17 pages
Hines Learns About Saxonburg
The little Butler County town where John Roebling invented wire rope, and the story of how it led to the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Book 5 · Ages 5 to 8 · 15 pages
Hines Learns About the Christmas Story
From the angel Gabriel's visit to Mary, to the shepherds, the bright star, and the wise men's gifts.
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Book 6 · Ages 5 to 8 · 15 pages
Hines Learns About a '90s Christmas
A box in the attic takes Hines back to the 1990s: the toy catalog, the mall Santa, Christmas Eve church, and the one burnt-out bulb that blacked out the whole strand.
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Book 7 · Ages 5 to 8 · 17 pages
Hines Learns About the First Thanksgiving
The Mayflower crossing, the first hard winter at Plymouth, the harvest the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag shared, and which of our traditions started there.
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Book 8 · Ages 5 to 8 · 15 pages
Hines Learns About the Three Branches of Government
A walk around Washington, D.C. to meet the Constitution, the Capitol, the White House, and the Supreme Court, and to see how a bill becomes a law.
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How Every Hines Book Works
Read Together
Rhymes Made for Reading Aloud
Short lines that are fun to say
Go Places
Real Places, Real Facts
Real history, told simply
Remember It
What Hines Learned
A quick recap at the end
Meet Hines, a Bichon With a Big Nose for Learning
Hines is a fluffy white bichon frise from Pittsburgh with a black and gold bandana and a nose that wants to sniff out everything. With her person holding the leash, she heads off to a new place in every book.
Along the way her person shares the fun facts, Hines soaks it all in, and every book ends with a recap of what Hines learned. Each book is written in rhyme so grown-ups and kids can read it out loud together.
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