Explore the 50 States Through Read-Alouds
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Read Across America Book List
Young children are naturally drawn to maps because they combine visual patterns, storytelling, and discovery in a single experience. Research in early childhood education and spatial cognition shows that even preschool and early elementary students can build meaningful geographic understanding when maps are introduced through concrete, engaging activities rather than abstract instruction. When children interact with maps, pointing, tracing routes, or locating places connected to stories, they develop early spatial reasoning skills that support later learning in geography, reading comprehension, and even math.
Integrating maps with read-alouds is particularly effective. When children hear a story about a place and then immediately locate it on a map, they form stronger mental connections between language and real-world context. This dual coding of information (visual + verbal) improves retention and comprehension. For example, read-alouds about the 50 states can be paired with large classroom maps where students identify locations, notice patterns, and make personal connections to places mentioned in stories or songs.
Approaches like these align with findings from early literacy and social studies research emphasizing that young learners benefit from multimodal instruction—especially when it includes movement, visual supports, and repeated exposure. In this way, maps become more than a reference tool; they become an active learning experience that builds curiosity, vocabulary, and foundational geographic knowledge in a developmentally appropriate way.
State-by-State Book List
General and Regional Books
Alabama-California
Colorado-Georgia
Hawaii-Iowa
Kansas-Maryland
Massachusetts- Missouri
Montana-New Jersey
New Mexico-Ohio
Oklahoma-South Carolina
South Dakota-Vermont
Virginia-Wyoming
But first…
Discover America State by State has alphabet books for each of the 50 states, plus one for Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C.
In the early 1990s, when I was teaching first grade, I taught my students to sing “Wakko’s America” (lyrics) and “Yakko’s World” (lyrics). We began in September, learning a sentence or two each day, and performed both songs for parents and the school in June. Each year, it was an IMPRESSIVE performance. One student pointed to each state and country on a large map as we sang. The students dressed as children from around the world, and the student doing the pointing wore my college cap and gown. Through this work, students developed early skills in reading multisyllabic words, geography, and knowledge of states and capitals—all at age six and seven
“50 Nifty United States” lyrics
Another favorite activity during our states unit was our “Traveling Stuffed Animal” project. A stuffed animal accompanied a student on an out-of-state vacation. Families photographed the animal at meaningful locations, such as landmarks, national parks, or state welcome signs. Whenever possible, students also brought back a souvenir pin from the state they visited. Their photos and pins became a wonderful bulletin board that celebrated both our classroom community and the diverse places across the United States.
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General and Regional Books
A is for America by Devin Scillian (56 pages, grades 1-3)
Don’t Know Much About the 50 States by Kenneth C. Davis (64 pages, grades 1-4)
The United States of America: A State-by-State Guide by Millie Miller and Cyndi Nelson (64 pages, grades 2-5)
The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller (40 pages, Preschool-Kindergarten)
New York is English, Chattanooga is Creek by Christopher Raschka (40 pages, Preschool-grade 2)
New England States:
- Peepers by Eve Bunting (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
- Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (32 pages, Kindergarten-grade 3)
- Lyddie by Katherine Paterson (182 pages, grades 3-7)
Middle Atlantic
- Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (32 pages, Kindergarten-grade 3)
- Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt (400 pages, grades 7-9)
Southeast
- Bigmamas by Donald Crews (40 pages, Preschool-3)
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (288 pages, grades 6 and up)
- When Birds Could Talk, and Bats Could Sing: The Adventures of Bruh Sparrow Sis Wren, and Their Friends by Virginia Hamilton (72 pages, grades 4-6)
Southwest
- Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran (32 pages, Kindergarten-grade 3)
- Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (256 pages, grades 4-7)
Midwest States
- An Elm Tree and Three Sisters by Norma Sommerdorf (32 pages, grades 2-3)
- Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco (32 pages, Kindergarten-grade 3)
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis (272 pages, grades 3-7)
- Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg (48 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Mountain
- Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola (40 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
- Dragon’s Gate by Lawrence Yep (273 pages)
Pacific
- Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
- Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman (208 pages, grades 7 and up)
Alabama-California
Alabama alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Alabama
Picture Book of Rosa Parks by David Adler (32 pages, grades 1-3)
The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Curtis (272 pages, grades 3-7)
Run Away Home by Patricia McKissack (128 pages, grades 3-4)
Helen Keller: From Tragedy to Triumph by Katharine E. Wilkie (192 pages, grades 4-6)
George Washington Carver: The Peanut Scientist by Patricia McKissack (24 pages, grade 1)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (336 pages, ages 14 and up)
Alaska alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Alaska
Down the Yukon by Will Hobbs (208 pages, grades 4-6)
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen (256 pages, grades 3-7)
Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod by Robert Blake (40 pages, Kindergarten – grade 3)
The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto by Natalie Standiford (48 pages, Kindergarten – grade 3)
Count Alaka’s Colors by Shelley Gill (32 pages, Preschool – grade 2)
Kiana’s Iditarod by Shelley Gill (32 pages, Preschool – grade 3)
Salmon Summer by Bruce McMillan (32 pages, Preschool – grade 3)
Williwaw by Tom Bodett
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (176 pages, grades 3-7)
Child of the Wolves by Elizabeth Hall (176 pages, grades 3-7)
Call of the Wild by Jack London (106 pages, ages 10 and up)
Gentle Ben by Walt Morey (192 pages, grades 3-7)
Kavik the Wolf Dog by Walt Morey (192 pages, grades 3-7)
Arizona alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Arizona
Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles (44 pages, Preschool – grade 3)
Tarantula Shoes by Tom Birdseye (147 pages, grades 3-6)
Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry (224 pages, grades 3-7)
The Warrior Maiden: A Hopi Legend by Ellen Schechter (50 pages, ages 4-8
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (208 pages, grades 7-9)
Arkansas alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Arkansas
Bill Clinton: President of the 90s by Robert Cwiklik (48 pages, grades 2-4)
Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe by Bette Greene (135 pages, grades 4-6)
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene (240 pages, grades 5-9)
Cracking of the Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine by Eileen Lucas (48 pages, grades 2-4)
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine (320 pages, grades 5-6)
California alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
California
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell (192 pages, grades 3-7)
Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman (208 pages, grades 7 and up)
The Journal of Ben Uchida by Barry Denenberg (158 pages, grades 4-6)
Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret (132 pages, grades 3-7)
Annie’s Promise by Sonia Levitin (192 pages, grades 4-6)
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep (248 pages, grades 5-7)
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting (40 pages, grades 1-4)
Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi (32 pages, grades 1-3)
Working Cotton by Sherley Williams ( 32 pages, Preschool – grade 3
Coyote and the Grasshoppers: A Pomo Legend by Gloria Dominic (46 pages, grades 3-4)
Earth Namer: A California Indian Myth by Margery Bernstein (40 pages)
Any Small Goodness by Tony Johnston (128 pages, grades 2-5)
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (240 pages, grades 3-7)
Oranges on Golden Mountain by Elizabeth Partridge (40 pages, grades 2-4)
Stranger in Dadland by Amy Goldman Koss (128 pages, grades 5-6)
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Cat Running by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (176 pages, grades 3-7)
Colorado-Georgia
Colorado alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Colorado
The Fear Place by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (128 pages, grades 4-6)
Prairie School by Avi (48 pages, grades 3-4)
The Secret School by Avi (157 pages, grades 3-7)
Aunt Clara Browne, Official Pioneer by Linda Lowery (48 pages, grades 2-4)
Rocky Mountain National Park by Ruth Radlauer (48 pages, grades 4-6)
Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde by Caroline Arnold (64 pages, grades 4-6)
Bearstone by Will Hobbs (154 pages, grades 5-9)
Connecticut alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Connecticut
26 Fairmont Avenue by Tomie dePaola (80 pages, grades 2-5)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare (272 pages, grades 7 and up)
Windcatcher by Avi (128 pages, grades 4-7)
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh (64 pages, grades 2-5)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (176 pages, grades 3-7)
Secret of the Sachem’s Tree by F. N. Monjo (grades 3-4)
Sybil Rides for Independence by Drollene Brown (48 pages, grades 2-3)
Through the Lock by Carol Otis Hurst (172 pages, grades 7-9)
Delaware alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Delaware
Come Morning by Leslie D. Guccione (120 pages, grades 4-6)
Clay by Colby Rodowsky (160 pages, grades 3-7)
Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin by Karen Hesse (176 pages, grades 4-6)
Florida alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Florida
Bigmama’s by Donald Crews (40 pages, Preschool – grade 3)
Sam the Sea Cow by Francine Jacobs (48 pages, Preschool to grade 3)
Sunken Treasure by Gail Gibbons (32 pages, grades 1-5)
Michael Graves by Eric Kudalis (48 pages, grades 3-6)
The Panther Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner (128 pages, grades 2-5)
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (192 pages, grades 4-7)
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo (144 pages, grades 5-6)
Welcome to the River of Grass by Jane Yolen (32 pages, Preschool – grade 4)
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (292 pages, grades 5-6)
Georgia alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Georgia
Queenie Peavy by Robert Burch (151 pages, grades 5 and up)
Moonpie and Ivy by Barbara O’Connor (160 pages, grades 5-6)
Bo Rabbit: Smart for True: Folktales from the Gullah by Priscilla Jacquith (71 pages, grades 3-4)
Turn Homeward Hannalee by Patricia Beatty (208 pages, grades 3-7)
Greg Maddux Ace by John Torres (64 pages, grades 4-6)
Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain by Robert Burch (145 pages, grades 4-6)
Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco (48 pages, Kindergarten – grade 3)
The PeeWee Jubilee by Judy Delton (94 pages, grades 1-4)
Books about Jimmy Carter
Books about Herschel Walker
Hawaii-Iowa
Hawaii alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Hawaii
The Story of the U.S.S. Arizona by Conrad Stein (31 pages)
The Last Princess: The Story of Princess Ka’iulani of Hawaii by Fay Stanley (40 pages, grades 3-4)
Pearl Harbor by Deborah Hopkinson (112 pages, grades 7-9)
Under the Blood Red Sun by Graham Salisbury (272 pages, grade 7)
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park by Sharlene Nelson (47 pages, grades 3-4)
High Tide in Hawaii by Mary Pope Osborne (96 pages, grades 1-4)
A Boy at War by Harry Mazer (112 pages, grades 5-9)
Lord of the Deep by Graham Salisbury (192 pages, ages 12 and up)
Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Idaho alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Idaho
West to the Land of Plenty by Jim Murphy (208 pages, grades 4-6)
The Case of the Missing Cuttthroats: An Echo Mystery by Jean Craighead George (145 pages, grades 4-6)
The Eagle and the River by Charles Craighead (32 pages, grades 3-4)
Never Cry “Arp!” and Other Great Adventures by Patrick F. McManus (145 pages, grades 5-9)
Emory’s Gift by W. Bruce Cameron (368 pages)
Illinois alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Illinois
A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck (148 pages, grades 5-6)
Lincoln, A Photo Biography by Russell Freedman (160 pages, grades 5-7)
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt (224 pages, grades 5-9)
The Great Fire by Jim Murphy (144 pages, grades 5-7)
Ruth Law Thrills a Nation by Don Brown (32 pages, grades 2-3)
Michael Jordan: Star Guard by Ron Knapp (104 pages, grades 4-6)
Fair Weather by Richard Peck (160 pages, grades 3-7)
Yolanda’s Genius by Carol Fenner (224 pages, grades 3-7)
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis (40 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Indiana alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Indiana
The Glorious Fourth at Prairietown by Joan Anderson (46 pages, grades 3-4)
The Floating House by Scott R. Sanders (40 pages, grades 2-3)
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter (246 pages, young adult)
A Place Called Freedom by Scott Russell Sanders (32 pages, grades 2-3)
Steamboat Annie and the Thousand Pound Catfish by Catherine Wright (32 pages, grades 1-2)
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (352 pages, grades 9-12)
Iowa alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Iowa
Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express by Wetterer (48 pages, grades 2-4)
Mystery of Pony Hollow by Lynn Hall (64 pages, grades 2-4)
Dangling by Lillian Eige (176 pages, grades 4-6)
Two Scarlett Songbirds by Carole Lexa Schaefer (40 pages, grades K-3)
American Gothic: The Life of Grant Wood by Susan Wood (40 pages, Kindergarten-grade 2)
Kansas-Maryland
Kansas alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Kansas
Going West by Jean Van Leeuwen (48 pages, ages 2-5)
The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum (200 pages – also known as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
Steal Away Home by Lois Ruby (192 pages, grades 3-7)
Little House on the Prairie by Laura I. Wilder
Rose’s Journal: A Story of a Girl in the Great Depression by Marissa Moss (56 pages, grades 4-6)
Twister on Tuesday by Mary Pope Osborne (70 pages, grades 1-4)
Kentucky alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Kentucky
Sally Ann Thunder and Whirlwind Crockett by Steven Kellogg (48 pages, Preschool – 3
Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech (272 pages, grades 4-6)
Daniel Boone by James Daugherty (95 pages)
Daniel Boone: Pioneer Trailblazer by Jim Hargrove (grades 4-6)
Down Cut Shin Creek by Kathi Appelt and Jeanne Cannella Schmitzer (66 pages, 13-18 years old)
Little Freddie at the Kentucky Derby by Kathryn Cocquyt (105 pages)
Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson (320 pages, grades 3-7)
Louisiana alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Louisiana
Blackwater Swamp by Bill Wallace (185 pages, grades 4-6)
My Louisiana Sky by Willis Holt (224 pages, grade 4)
The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles (32 pages, Preschool-grades 3)
Dancing Turtle by Maggie Duff (32 pages, grades 2-3)
Mardi Gras! by Suzanne Coil (48 pages, grades 4-6)
Maine alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Maine
Birdie’s Lighthouse by Deborah Hopkinson (32 pages, grades 1-2)
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey (55 pages, Preschool-grade 2)
One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey (54 pages, Preschool-grade 2)
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey (63 pages, ages 2-5)
The Gulls of Smuttynose Island by Jack Denton Scott (62 pages, very young children)
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Peter Roop (40 pages, grades 2-4)
Calico Bush by Rachel Field (224 pages, grades 5-9)
Fudge-a-Mania by Judy Blume (146 pages, grades 3-7)
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (144 pages, grades 5-7)
Maryland alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Maryland
Molly Bannaky by Alice McGill (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Chita’s Christmas Tree by Elizabeth Howard (32 pages, grades 1-2)
Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Waterman’s Child by Barbara Mitchell (40 pages, grades 1-2)
By the Dawn’s Early Light by Steven Kroll (40 pages, grades 1-2)
Carl Ripkin, Jr: Count Me In by Cal Ripkin (40 pages, grades 4-6)
Love Twelve Miles Long by Glenda Armand (32 pages, grades 1-6)
Massachusetts- Missouri
Massachusetts alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Massachusetts
Lyddie by Katherine Paterson (182 pages, grades 3-7)
Witch Child by Celia Rees (304 pages, ages 11 and up)
The Big Dig: Reshaping an American City by Peter Vanderwarker (56 pages, grades 4 and up)
Bus Route to Boston by Maryann Cocca-Leffler (32 pages, Kindergarten-grade 2)
The First Thanksgiving by Jean Craighead George (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
For the Love of the Red Sox: an A to Z Primer for Red Sox Fans of all Ages by Frederick C. Klein (48 pages)
The Great Molasses Flood by Beth Wagner Brust (48 pages, grades 1-2)
Henry Builds a Cabin by D.B. Johnson (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Journey Around Cape Cod & The Islands From A to Z by Martha Day Zschook (32 pages, ages 6-9)
Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Louisa May and Mr. Thoreau’s Flute by Julie Dunlap and Marybeth Lorbiecki (32 pages, grades 3-4)
Nat, Nat, the Nantucket Cat by Peter W. Barnes (32 pages, ages 5-6)
Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride by Stephen Krensky (32 pages, grades 2-3)
Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley (an I Can Read book)
Samuel Eaton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy by Kate Waters (40 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Sleds in Boston Common: A Story from the American Revolution by Louise Borden (40 pages, grades 4-7)
Tapenum’s Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times by Kate Waters (40 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Night Raiders Along the Cape by John Waters (96 pages, grades 4-6)
Who’s That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? by Jean Fritz (32 pages, grades 2-4)
Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst by Lois Lowry
Anastasia, At Your Service by Lois Lowry (208 pages, grades 5-7)
Anastasia Krupnick by Lois Lowry (160 pages, grades 5-7)
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates (192 pages, grades 3-7)
An Island Far From Home by John Donohue (179 pages, grades 4-6)
Why We Have Thanksgiving by Margaret Hillert (31 pages, ages 5-6)
She’s Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head by Kathryn Lasky (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McClosky (72 pages, Preschool-grade 2)
Michigan alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Michigan
Night of the Full Moon by Gloria Whelan (64 pages, grades 2-5)
Betty Doll by Patricia Polacco (48 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Clever Beatrice by Margaret Willey (40 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
The Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Curtis (288 pages, grades 5-6)
Mrs. Mack by Patricia Polacco (40 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Keeper of the Light by Patricia Pfitsch (144 pages, grades 4-6)
My Ol’ Man by Patricia Polacco (40 pages, grades 1-5)
Minnesota alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Minnesota
The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen (128 pages, grades 3-7)
Antler, Bear, Canoe: A Northwoods Alphabet by Betsy Bowen (40 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Pioneer Farm: Living on a Farm in the 1880s by Megan O’Hara (32 pages, grade 4)
Welcome to Kirsten’s World, 1854: Growing Up in Pioneer America by Susan Sinnott (58 pages, grades 3-4)
Tracker by Gary Paulsen (96 pages, grades 5-9)
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder (352 pages, grades 4-7)
Betsy-Tacy by Maud Lovelace (144 pages, grades 2-5)
Mississippi alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Mississippi
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (288 pages, grades 6 and up)
The Land by Mildred D. Taylor (416 pages, grades 5-9)
Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles (212 pages, grades 3-7)
The Blues of Flats Brown by Walter Dean Myers (32 pages, Kindergarten-grade 3)
I Dream of Trains by Angela Johnson (32 pages, Kindergarten-grade 2)
Vicksburg Veteran by F.N. Monjo (62 pages, grades 3-4)
The Drummer Boy of Vicksburg by G. Clifton Wisler (144 pages, grades 7-9)
Let the Circle be Unbroken by Mildred Taylor (416 pages, grades 3-7)
Mississippi Bridge by Mildred Taylor (80 pages, grade 5)
The Well: David’s Story by Mildred Taylor (112 pages, grades 5-6)
The Friendship by Mildred Taylor (80 pages, grade 5)
Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney (288 pages, grades 3-7)
Missouri alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Missouri
George Washington Carver by Lois Nicholson (128 pages)
On My Way Home by Laura Ingalls Wilder (112 pages, grades 8-9)
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (303 pages)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (400 pages, ages 10 and up)
Little House on the Rocky Ridge by Roger MacBride (368 pages, grades 3-7)
Steamboat School by Deborah Hopkinson (40 pages, Preschool-Kindergarten)
Montana-New Jersey
Montana alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Montana
The Loner by Ester Wier (151 pages, grades 4-6)
Wolf Stalker by Gloria Skurzynski (160 pages, grades 3-7)
It is a Good Day to Die by Herman Viola (101 pages, grades 6-7)
Smoky, the Cow Horse by Will James (188 pages)
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson (320 pages, ages 10-13)
Nebraska alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Nebraska
Dandelions by Eve Bunting (48 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman (160 pages, grades 3-6)
Prairie Songs by Pam Conrad (167 pages, grades 7-9)
My Daniel by Pam Conrad (144 pages, grades 5-9)
Nevada alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Nevada
The Last Stubborn Buffalo in Nevada by Stephen Bly (138 pages)
Sarah Winnemucca by Mary Frances Morrow (112 pages, grades 4-6)
Snowshoe Thompson by Nancy Levinson (64 pages, Kindergarten-grade 3)
Cowboy Country by Ann Herbert Scott (48 pages, grades 2-3)
96 Miles by J.L. Esplin (272 pages, ages 11-12)
New Hampshire alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
New Hampshire
A Gathering of Days by Joan W. Blos (144 pages, grades 4-7)
Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall (40 pages, ages 3-9)
Miss Hickory by Carolyn Bailey (128 pages, grades 3-7)
New Jersey alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
New Jersey
Superfudge by Judy Blume (208 pages, grades 3-7)
Battle of Trenton by Martin McPhillips (63 pages)
Henry Reed, Inc. by Keith Robertson (240 pages, grades 3-7)
Henry Reed’s Babysitting Service by Keith Robertson (208 pages, grades 3-7)
Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid by Walter Dean Myers (160 pages, grades 3-7)
Fighting Ground by Avi (160 pages, grades 5-7)
George Washington’s Socks by Elvira Woodruff (176 pages, grades 4-7)
New Mexico-Ohio
New Mexico alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
New Mexico
And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold (256 pages, grades 3-7)
Coyote and Badger by Bruce Hiscock (32 pages, Preschool-Kindergarten)
Carlos and the Squash Plant by Jan Romero Stevens (32 pages, Kindergarten-grade 3)
Sunflower’s Promise: A Zuni Legend by Gloria Dominic (47 pages, grades 4 and up)
Cowboys: Round Up on an American Ranch by Joan Anderson (46 pages, grades 1-2)
Carlsbad Caverns by Lewann Sotnak (47 pages, grades 4-6)
Sing Down the Moon by Scott O’Dell (144 pages, grades 3-7)
Meet Josefina: An American Girl by Valerie Tripp (85 pages, grades 3-4)
The Night of Las Posadas by Tomie dePaola (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
New York alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
New York
From the Mixed-Up Files of Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (176 pages, grades 3-7)
Brooklyn Bridge by Lynn Curlee (40 pages, grades 2-3)
Didi and Daddy on the Promenade by Marilyn Singer (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Don’t You Know There’s a War On? by Avi (208 pages, grades 4-7)
Under New York by Linda Oatman High (32 pages, Kindergarten-grade 3)
Abuela by Arthur Dorros (40 pages, Preschool-grade 2)
Ellis Island by Patricia Ryon Quiri (47 pages, grades 3-4)
The Statue of Liberty by Patricia Ryon Quiri (47 pages, grades 3-4)
Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey by Maria Kalman (48 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Funny, Funny Lyle by Bernard Waber (40 pages, early elementary)
The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber (48 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
How They Built the Statue of Liberty by Mary J. Shapiro (61 pages, grades 7-9)
Irene and the Big, Fine Nickel by Irene Smalls (grades 2-3)
Liberty by Lynn Curlee (48 pages, grades 2-3)
Lily and Miss Liberty by Carla Stevens (80 pages, grades 2-5)
Madlenka by Peter Sis (48 pages, Preschool and up)
The Man Who Made Parks: The Story of Park Builder Frank Law Olmsted by Frieda Wishinsky (32 pages, Kindergarten-grade 4)
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (44 pages, Kindergarten-grade 3)
Sector 7 by David Wisener (48 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Seen Art? by Jon Scieszka (48 pages, ages 3-7)
September Roses by Jeanette Winter (40 pages, grades 1-2)
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (32 pages, Kindergarten-grade 3)
Three Kings Day: A Celebration at Christmastime by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith (32 pages, grades 2-4)
When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest (40 pages, grades 1-4)
How Pizza Came to Queens by Dayal Khalsa (26 pages, grades 2-3)
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (160 pages, grades 3-7)
Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein by Johanna Hurwitz (96 pages, grades 2-7)
And Still the Turtle Watched by Sheila MacGill-Callahan (32 pages, Preschool-grade 2)
The Cricket in Times Square by George Seldon (160 pages, ages 7-10)
Ruth Law Thrills a Nation by Don Brown (32 pages, grades 3-6)
The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra Barracca (32 pages, Kindergarten-grade 3)
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds (80 pages, grades 2-5)
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder (384 pages, grades 3-7)
Remember Me to Harold Square by Paula Danziger (139 pages, grades 7-9)
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (240 pages, grades 3-7)
Vamos! Let’s Go Eat by Raul the Third (48 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
North Carolina alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
North Carolina
Who Comes With Cannons? by Patricia Beatty (204 pages, ages 10-18)
Ghost Soldier by Elaine Marie Alphin (216 pages, ages 10-15)
Wright Brothers by Russell Freedman (144 pages, grades 5-6)
My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston (32 pages, grades 1-4)
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston (32 pages, Kindergarten-grade 3)
Where the Lilies Bloom by Bill and Vera Cleaver (224 pages, grades 8-9)
Michael Jordan: Star Guard by Ron Knapp (104 pages, grades 4-6)
Back Home by Gloria Jean Pinkney (40 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
North Dakota alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
North Dakota
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder (304 pages, grades 4-7)
Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Sitting Bull by Herman Viola (grades 2-3)
Buffalo Before Breakfast by Mary Pope Osborne (87 pages, grades 1-4)
Buffalo Bird Girl by S.D. Nelson (56 pages, grades 1-4)
Ohio alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Ohio
The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton (256 pages, 11-14 years old)
Stealing South by Katherine Ayres (208 pages, grades 5-9)
Takeoffs and Landings by Margaret Peterson Haddix (156 pages, grades 4-8)
M.C. Higgins the Great by Virginia Hamilton (288 pages, grades 3-7)
John Glenn by Paul Westman (47 pages, grades 3-4)
Lentil by Robert McClosky (64 pages, Preschool-grade 2)
Johnny Appleseed Goes A’ Planting by Patsy Jensen (32 pages, Kindergarten-grade 2)
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (288 pages, grades 3-7)
Oklahoma-South Carolina
Oklahoma alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Oklahoma
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (304 pages, grades 3-7)
Jingle Dance by Cynthia Smith (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (256 pages, grades 4-7)
Red-Dirt Jessie by Anna Myers (128 pages, grades 3-6)
Captain’s Command by Anna Myers (136 pages, grades 4-6)
Sooner by Patricia Calvert (126 pages, grades 4-6)
Oregon alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Oregon
Brides of Eden by Linda Crew (175 pages)
The Devil in Ol’ Rose by Louise Moeri (208 pages, grades 3-6)
The Summer of Riley by Eve Bunting (180 pages, grades 3-7)
A Girl From Yamhill by Beverly Cleary (352 pages, grades 4-7)
A Frontier Fort on the Oregon Trail by Scott Stedman (48 pages, grades 4-6)
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary (208 pages, grades 3-7)
Pennsylvania alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Pennsylvania
Manic Magee by Jerry Spinelli (180 pages, ages 9-12)
Knots in My Yo-Yo String by Jerry Spinelli (160 pages, grades 3-7)
The Winter of Red Snow by Christina Gregory (176 pages, grades 4-6)
The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz (128 pages, grades 3-7)
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catherine C. Logan by Mary Pope Osborne (192 pages, grades 4-6)
The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous (32 pages, grades 1-4)
What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz (48 pages, grades 2-4)
Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen (256 pages, grades 3-7)
A Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter (192 pages, grades 7-9)
Rhode Island alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Rhode Island
Finding Providence: The Story of Roger William by Avi (48 pages, grades 3-4)
Nickommoh! A Thanksgiving Celebration by Jackie French Koller (32 pages, grades 2-3)
The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle (260 pages, grades 5-9)
The Mill by David Macauley (128 pages, grades 5-7)
Black Duck by Janet Taylor Lisle (252 pages, grades 5 and up)
South Carolina alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
South Carolina
Bridges to Change: How Kids Live on a South Carolina Sea Island by Kathleen Krull (48 pages, grades 4-6)
Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolution in the South by Ann Rinaldi (304 pages, grade 7)
The Secret of Gumbo Grove by Eleanora E. Tate (208 pages, grades 7-9)
The Keeping Room by Anna Myers (144 pages, grades 2-5)
I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy by Joyce Hansen (176 pages, grades 4-6)
The Girl Who Ate Chicken Feet by Sandy Richardson (144 pages, grades 5 and up)
Black Women in Science: A Black History Book for Kids by Kimberly Brown Pellum (138 pages, grades 4-6)
South Dakota-Vermont
South Dakota alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
South Dakota
The Storm Maker’s Tipi by Paul Goble (40 pages, grades 1-2)
First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder (160 pages, 8-12 years old)
A Boy Called Slow by Joseph Bruchac (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder (352 pages, grades 3-7)
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (320 pages, grades 3-7)
A Dinosaur Named Sue: The Find of the Century by Fay Robinson (48 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Tennessee alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Tennessee
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs (40 pages, Kindergarten-grade 3)
Goin’ Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack (40 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Davy Crockett by Anne Ford (48 pages)
Brown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley by Marguerite Henry (112 pages, grades 4-6)
Tennessee Trailblazers by Patricia and Frederick McKissack (106 pages, grades 4-6)
Knoxville, Tennessee by Nikki Giovanni
Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull (44 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Sequoyah’s Gift by Janet Klausner (111 pages, grades 4-6)
Al Gore: Fighting for a Greener Planet by Rebecca Stefoff (48 pages, grades 4-6)
A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers by Deborah Hopkinson (40 pages, Kindergarten-grade 4)
Paperboy by Vince Vawter (240 pages, grades 5-6)
Texas alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Texas
Canyons by Gary Paulsen (192 pages, grades 7-9)
A Cowboy Named Ernestine by Nicole Rubel (32 pages, ages 4-8)
Cowboy Sam and Those Confounded Secrets by Kitty Griffen and Kathy Combs (32 pages, grades 1-2)
Dancing in Cadillac Light by Kimberly Willis Holt (176 pages, grades 5-6)
In the Shadow of the Alamo by Sherry Garland (293 pages)
The Inside-Outside Book of Texas by Roxie Munro (48 pages, Preschool-grade 7)
Armadillo Tattletale by Helen Ketteman (34 pages, Kindergarten-Preschool)
Holes by Louis Sachar (299 pages, grades 5-6)
Hank, The Cow Dog by John Erikson (127 pages, grades 2-3)
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson (144 pages, ages 9-12)
Armadillo Rodeo by Jan Brett (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Search for the Shadowman by Joan Lowery Nixon (160 pages, grades 4-6)
The White Stallion by Elizabeth Shub (64 pages, grades 3-7)
Bubba the Cowboy Prince: A Fractured Texas Tale by Helen Ketteman (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
The Legend of Bluebonnet by Tomie DePaola (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolan (32 pages, Kindergarten-grade 3)
Utah alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Utah
The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald (208 pages, grades 3-7)
The Great Brain at the Academy by John D. Fitzgerald (book #4 of 8)
White Water by Jonathan and Aaron London (32 pages, ages 2-4)
Vermont alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Vermont
Jip: His Story by Katherine Paterson (181 pages, grades 3-7)
A Farm of Her Own by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
The Hero of Ticonderoga by Gail Gauthier (240 pages, grades 4-6)
Soup by Robert Newton Peck (112 pages, grades 3-7)
Soup and Me by Robert Newton Peck (128 pages, grades 4-6)
Soup for President by Robert Newton Peck (107 pages, grades 4-6)
Soup’s Hoop by Robert Newton Peck (130 pages, grades 4-6)
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck (176 pages, grades 7-9)
The Canada Geese Quilt by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (grades 4-6)
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Martin (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Virginia-Wyoming
Virginia alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Virginia
A Picture Book of Patrick Henry (32 pages, grades 1-3)
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry (176 pages, grades 3-7)
George Washington’s Breakfast by Jean Fritz (48 pages, grades 2-5)
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant (32 pages, Preschool-grade 2)
Felicity: An American Girl by Valerie Tripp (68 pages, grades 3-4)
When Will This Cruel War Be Over? by Barry Denenberg (160 pages, grades 4-6)
Promise Quilt by Candice Ransom (32 pages, grades 2-3)
When the Whippoorwill Calls by Candice Ransom (32 pages, grades 1-2)
Fifty Cents and a Dream by Jabari Asim (48 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Washington alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Washington
Turtle People by Brenda Guiberson (104 pages, grades 4-6)
Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer Holm (272 pages, grades 3-7)
Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mt. St. Helens by Patricia Lauber (64 pages, grades 2-5)
The Last Man’s Reward by David Patneaude (192 pages, grades 3-7)
Boston Jane by Jennifer L. Holm (272 pages, grades 3-7)
Equinox by Monte Killingsworth (131 pages, grades 5-9)
The Hideout by Peg Kehret (160 pages, grades 3-7)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (288 pages, grades 7 and up)
West Virginia alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
West Virginia
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (128 pages, grades 4-7)
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (144 pages, grades 3-7)
Saving Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (144 pages, grades 3-7)
Shiloh Season by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (128 pages, grades 3-7)
The Boys Return by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (154 pages, grades 4-7)
Hound Heaven by Linda Oatman High (194 pages, grades 4-6)
Wisconsin alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Wisconsin
Rascal by Sterling North (189 pages, grades 3-7)
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura I. Wilder (256 pages, grades 3-7)
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Brink (288 pages, grades 3-7)
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright (144 pages, ages 8-12)
Winter Days in the Big Woods by Laura I. Wilder (40 pages, grades 1-2)
Wyoming alphabet book (40 pages, grades 1-3)
Wyoming
My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara (352 pages, grades 3-7)
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner (96 pages, grades 2-6)
Red Dog by Bill Wallace (192 pages, grades 3-7)
Yellowstone by Carol A. Marron (47 pages, grades 4-6)
Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola (40 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
When Esther Morris Headed West by Connie Nordhiem Woolridge (32 pages, Preschool-grade 3)
Shane by Jack Schaefer (176 pages, grades 7-9)
Jenny of the Tetons by Kristiana Gregory (192 pages, grades 3-7)
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July 7, 2026