Read Across America
Book List
did not go on a vacation because my
mom was taking classes at school, but we
did manage to visit every state in the
union without ever leaving our house! My
mom, little sister and I read our way
across America. It was alot of fun! You
can do it, too! Here were some of our
favorite stops on our journey to each
state.
Have a good trip,
Rachel
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by Kathleen Krull
about the states in the order Mrs. Krull wrote
about them and read our guidebook first for
each state. We are going to list our states in
alphabetical order on this page to make it
easier for people to find a book about a state
they might be particularly interested in.
Alabama
Alaska:
Alaska's Three Bears by Shannon Cartwright
Mama Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Josse
Akiak: A Tale of the Iditarod by Robert J. Blake
The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto
by Natalie Standiford
Baby in a Basket by Gloria Rand
Arizona:
Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. Guiberson
This Place is Dry: The Sonoran Desert by Vicki
Cobb
Lost by Paul B. Johnson
In Search of the Grand Canyon; Down the
Colorado with John Wesley Powell
by Mary Ann Fraser
A Desert Scrapbook by Virginia Wright-Frierson
Arkansas:
Cotton in My Sack by Lois Lenski (This is a
novel and it is out of print, but it is worth looking
up in the library. We could not find a picture
book about Arkansas. Do you know one?)
California:
Maybelle the Cable Car by Virgina Lee Burton
Nine for California by Sonia Levitin
Boomtown by Sonia Levitin
Taking Charge by Sonia Levitin
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
The City by the Bay by Tricia Brown
Tikvah Means Hope by Patricia Polacco
Working Cotton by Shelly A. Williams
Colorado:
Aunt Clara Brown: Official Pioneer by Linda
Lowerys
Connecticut:
Yankee Doodle by Steven Kellogg
Yankee Doodle: A Revolutionary Tale by Gary
Chalk
(note: Yankee Doodle is the state song of
Connecticut --do you know any picture books
that take place in Connecticut?)
Delaware:
Cornstalks and Cannonballs by Barbara Mitchell
Florida:
S is for Sunshine: A Florida Alphabet by Carol
Crane
Hurricane by David Wiesner (not specifically
Florida, but we figured it really could be)
Floating Home by David Getz
Seminole Diary: Remembrances of a Slave by
Delores Johnson
The Magic School Bus in a Hurricane by
Joanna Cole
Everglades by Jean Craighead George
Sawgrass Poems by Frank Asch
The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow
Georgia:
Jackson's Plan by Linda Talley
Grandaddy's Place by Helen V. Griffith
Grandaddy and Janetta by Helen V. Griffith
Hawaii:
Luka's Quilt by Georgia Guback
Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan
Attack on Pearl Harbor: The True Story of the
Day America Entered World War II
by Shelley Tanaka
Idaho:
Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnel
Illinois:
L is for Lincoln: An Illinois Alphabet by Kathy-Jo
Wargin
Haystack by Bonnie Geisert
Indiana:
The Floating House by Scott Russell Sanders
The Legend of Johnny Appleseed by Reeve
Lindbergh
Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg
Iowa:
Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express by
Margaret K. Wetterer
Plowie: A Story from the Prairie by Patricia
Kirkpatrick
Kansas:
Climbing Kansas Mountains by George
Shannon
Kentucky:
We Played Marbles by Tres Seymour
Soap, Soap, Don't Forget the Soap by Tom
Birdseye
The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills
Louisiana:
Sweet Magnolia by Laura Jacques
Gumbo Goes Downtown by Carol Talley
The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci
Feliciana Feydra LeRoux: A Cajun Tall Tale by
Tynia Thomassie
Mike Fink by Steven Kellogg
The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
Bayou Lullaby by Kathi Appelt
Maine:
Abbie Against the Storm by Marcia Vaughn
One Morning in Maine by Robert McClouskey
Keep the Lights Burning Abbie by Peter and
Connie Roop
Birdie's Lighthouse by Deborah Hopkinson
Maryland:
Barbara Frietchie by John Greenleaf Whittier,
illustrated by Nancy Winslow Parker
Clara and the Bookwagon by Nancy Smiler
Levinson
Waterman's Child by Barbara Mitchell
Aunt Flossie's Hats and Crabcakes Later by
James Ransome
Massachusetts:
Riptide by Francis Ward Weller
An American Army of Two by Janet Greeson
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Ted Rand
A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry
Maria's Comet by Deborah Hopkinson
Whaling Days by Carol Carrick
Emily by Michael Bedard
The Bobbin Girl by Emily Arnold McCully
A Big Cheese for the White House: The True
Tale of a Tremendous Cheddar
by Candace Fleming
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McClouskey
Michigan:
M is for Mitten: A Michigan Alphabet by Annie
Appleford
The Legend of Mackinac Island by Kathy-Jo
Wargin
The Legend of the Sleeping Bear by Kathy-Jo
Wargin
The Legend of the Loon by Kathy-Jo Wargin
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
Meteor! by Patricia Polacco
The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco
My Ol' Man by Patricia Polacco
Minnesota:
Marven of the Great North Woods by Kathryn
Lasky
Clouds of Terror by Catherine A. Welch
Gathering: A Northwoods Counting Book by
Betsy Bowen
Antler, Bear, Canoe: A Northwoods Alphabet
Year by Betsy Bowen
Mississippi:
White Socks Only by Evelyn Coleman
Freedom School, Yes! by Amy Littlesugar
Everywhere in Mississippi by Laurie Parker
Mississippi Alphabet by Laurie Parker
Halley Came to Jackson by Mary Chapin
Carpenter
Missouri:
Mark T-W-A-I-N! A Story about Samuel
Clemons by David R. Collins
Montana:
The Eagle and the River by Charles Craighead
Nebraska:
Dandelions by Eve Bunting
The Divide by Michael Bedard
Nevada:
Sierra by Diane Sibert
New Hampshire:
The Farm Summer 1942 by Donald Hall
The Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
Lucy's Christmas by Donald Hall
Lucy's Summer by Donald Hall
The Bear that Heard Crying by Natalie Kinsey
Warnock
New Jersey
The 18 Penney Goose by Sally M. Walker
New Mexico:
The Tortilla Factory by Gary Paulsen
New York:
The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray
Bridge by Hildegarde H. Swift
The Erie Canal illustrated by Peter Spier
My New York by Kathy Jakobsen
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal by Cheryl
Harness
When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy
Hest
Halmoni and the Picnic by Sook Nyal Choi
To Climb a Waterfall by Jean Craighead George
The Big Tree by Bruce Hiscock
The Inside-Outside Book of New York City by
Roxie Munro
North Carolina:
Back Home by Gloria Jean Pinkney
An Island Scrapbook by Virgina Wright Frierson
North Dakota:
Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner
Ohio:
B is for Buckeye: An Ohio Alphabet by Marcia
Schonberg
Warm as Wool by Scott Russell Sanders
In Coal Country by Judith Hendershot
Oklahoma:
Leah's Pony by Elizabeth Friedrich
Angels in the Dust by Margot Theis Raven
Dust for Dinner by Ann Turner
Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon by David
Williams
Oregon:
Only Opal illustrated by Barbara Cooney
Spotted Owl: Bird of the Ancient Forest by
Brenda Z. Guiberson
The Way West: Journal of a Pioneer Woman
by Amelia Stewart Knight
Pennsylvannia:
Just Plain Fancy by Patricia Polacco
The Story of William Penn by Aliki
Down Butternut Lane by Barbara Mitchell
Rhode Island
Finding Providence: The Story of Roger
Williams by Avi
South Carolina:
Carolina Shout! by Alan Schroeder
South Dakota:
A Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting
Bull by Joseph Bruchac
Iktomi and The Berries by Paul Goble (and
other Iktomi Stories)
Thrashing Time: Harvest Days in the Dakotas
by David Weitzman
Tennessee:
V is for Volunteer: A Tennessee Alphabet by
Michael Shoulders
Daniel's Duck by Clyde Robert Bulla
Cleveland Lee's Beale Street Band by Art
Flowers
Our Neighbor is a Strange, Strange Man by
Tres Seymour
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs
A Band of Angels by Deborah Hopkinson
Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull
The Peabody Ducks
Texas:
Susanna of the Alamo by John Jakes
The Armadillo from Amarillo by Lynne Cherry
The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie De
Paola
Armadillo Rodeo by Jan Brett
Pecos Bill by Steven Kellogg
Voices of the Alamo by Sherry Garland
Utah
Desert Trip by Barbara A. Steiner
Vermont
Least of All by Carol Purdy
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Virginia
The Promise Quilt by Candice Ransom
When the Whippoorwill Calls by Candice
Ransom
Washington
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from
Chief Seattle illustrated by Susan Jeffers
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific
Northwest by Gerald McDermott
West Virginia
John Henry by Julius Lester
When I Was Young in the Mountains by
Cynthia Rylant
Wisconsin:
Clarissa by Carol Talley
More Cheese, Please by Chris Peterson
Wyoming
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie
de Paola
