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Grade 3-6-Hasday covers standard report topics such as geography, history, government, and culture. She downplays recent celebrities but does insert brief biographies of famous Minnesotans in sidebars. For example, Alan Page is profiled in a section on the judiciary. This edition is longer than the 1995 version, with increased coverage of history and government and updated statistics. The tone is objective except for a strangely subjective and questionable statement regarding Jesse Ventura's election. There are some factual problems such as the assertion that the state lacks a National Hockey League team. However, this volume is more substantial than Neil Purslow's Minnesota (Weigl, 2000) and Miriam Pollock's Minnesota: Land of 10,000 Lakes (World Almanac, 2002). A generous number of full-color photographs, maps, and diagrams adds to the book's attractiveness and value. However, libraries that own Martin Hintz's Minnesota (Children's, 2000) will notice a great deal of overlap in the visual materials used. Rather than duplicating material, consider A. P. Porter's Minnesota (Lerner, 2001) or Erik Bruun's Minnesota (Black Dog, 2002). Hasday's book provides an adequate starting point for reports where su