1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi is a fitting follow-upto its companion state alphabet book. This fun, colorful, andsuperbly informative book teaches children about numbers usingrecognizable places, events, and facts from their respective states.Numbers throughout the books are explained with simplerhyme for younger children and are accompanied bydetailed expository text for older learners.Michael Shoulders is a Federal Programs Supervisor for theClarksville-Montgomery County School System. His "Story Timecolumn appears every week in the Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle.He lives in Clarksville, Tennessee.Rick Anderson taught art for twenty-five years. His tenure inteaching included all levels from elementary through university, aswell as workshops, and seminars. Rick lives in Clinton, Mississippi.