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Pre-Trip Fun for Charleston, South Carolina

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    "Design for Living: Charleston Charms" -- Tour Charleston before you go and get a few ideas of how to spend your time once you arrive. (School Age and Up)

    "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" -- Chuckle through the flick, then see if you can recognize the parts filmed in and around Charleston. (Teens)

    "Radio" -- This heartwarming tale based on a true story is set just a piece up the road from Charleston. Detour through Anderson if you're coming from the west. (School Age and Up)

    "Paradise" -- Preview life in small-town Charleston in this family tearjerker, with Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, and a pre-teen Elijah Wood. (Pre-Teens and Up)

    Eat

    Shrimp and Grits -- With a dish this good, "Kiss my grits" will take on a whole new meaning.

    Frogmore Stew -- Kids will love it when you dump the whole thing over a covered table -- and it's way more fun to eat this way.

    Read

    "P Is For Palmetto: A South Carolina Alphabet" by Carol Crane -- These beautiful watercolors take you through the state from A to Z. (Ages 4 to 8)

    "Good Night, Charleston" by Mark Jasper -- After reading this installment of the Good Night Our World series, kids will dream of going to the shore or exploring a fort. (Ages 4 to 8)

    "Circle Unbroken" by Margot Theis Raven -- This beautifully illustrated tale weaves the story of the baskets indigenous to the region. (Ages 4 to 8)

    "Carolina's Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too!" by Donna Rathemll -- Your kids may spend their time in Charleston rescuing sea turtles after reading this story, complete with color photos. (Ages 4 to 8)

    "Rosebud Roams Charleston" by Sally Smith -- Clip-clop along with this country horse -- she's got some great ideas of places to visit in Charleston. (Ages 4 to 8)

    "Civil War Sub: The Mystery of the Hunley" by Kate Boehm Jerome -- Gaze out at Charleston Harbor and try to imagine the submarine attacking another ship -- or check the Charleston Museum for artifacts. (Ages 8 to 12)

    "Mystery on Skull Island" by Elizabeth McDavid Jones -- Pirates in Charleston? If the town is anything like the fictional one in this installment of the American Girl History Mysteries series, tell your kids to keep an eye out for stray treasures. (Ages 9 to 12)

    "Before the Creeks Ran Red" by Carolyn Reeder -- Visit Fort Sumter and have your kids imagine they are 14-year-old Timothy, stationed there at the start of the Civil War. They might decide that taking out the trash isn't really so bad. (Ages 9 to 14)

    "Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley" by Sally M. Walker -- Older kids and history buffs will devour this archeological analysis of the sub that lived on the harbor floor for more than a hundred years. Kids, see anything else down there? (Ages 12 and Up)