Level: O DRA: 38 Social Studies Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Word Count: 696 3.5.23 Build Vocabulary HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02185-0 ISBN-10: 0-547-02185-2 1032077 H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN by Dan Greenberg ILLUSTRATION CREDIT: Scott MacNeill PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS: Cover © Richard Cummins/Corbis. 1 Martyn Goddard/Alamy. 2 (tl) © Michael Ochs Archives/ Corbis. (br) © Myopia/Corbis. 4 © April 2003. Illinois Route 66 Heritage Project. Photo by Patty Kuhn. 5 Franck Fotos/ Alamy. 6 © Tom Brakefield/CORBIS. 7 Danita Delimont/Alamy. 8 © Richard Cummins/Corbis. 9 © Robert Estall/CORBIS. 10 Martyn Goddard/Alamy. Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. With the exception of nonprofit transcription into Braille, Houghton Mifflin is not authorized to grant permission for further uses of this work. Permission must be obtained from the individual copyright owner as identified herein. Address requests for permission to make copies of Houghton Mifflin material to School Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company, 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116. Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02185-0 ISBN-10: 0-547-02185-2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RRD 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 Introduction Who is your favorite singer? Can you name your favorite football player? Well, long ago, one highway was as famous as a music or sports star! The highway was Route 66. Everyone knew that road. Thousands drove on it. Singers sang about it. It seemed like everyone was having conversations about Route 66. But what made this highway so cool? Nat King Cole made the song “Route 66” a hit.  ROUTE 66 NEBRASKA UTAH COLORADO CALIFORNIA San