Fifty States - Fifty Books  
     See the USA without leaving home!
     ~Books for younger readers ~

Alabama

Tambourine moon 
by Joy Jones

Alaska

King Island Christmas 
by Jean Rogers

Arizona

Big moon tortilla 
by Joy Cowley

Arkansas

Good morning, Granny Rose : 
an Arkansas folktale  
retold and illustrated by Warren Ludwig

California

Yoko's paper cranes 
by Rosemary Wells

Colorado

All aboard! : a true train story  
words and photographs by Susan Kuklin 

Connecticut

Warm as wool 
by Scott Russell Sanders

Delaware

Pea Patch Island
by Polly Curren

Florida

A manatee morning 
by Jim Arnosky

Georgia

Mama and me and the Model T 
by Faye Gibbons

Hawaii

The Island-below-the-star 
written and illustrated by James Rumford

Idaho

Potato : a tale from the Great Depression written by Kate Lied 

Illinois

Hog music 
by M.C. Helldorfer

Indiana

The floating house
by Scott Russell Sanders

Iowa

Hurry! 
illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully, adapted from Farewell to the Farivox by Harry Hartwick

Kansas

Aunt Minnie and the twister 
by Mary Skillings Prigger

Kentucky

Weaving the rainbow 
by George Ella Lyon

Louisiana

Little Pierre : a Cajun story from Louisiana 
by Robert D. San Souci 

Maine

One morning in Maine 
by Robert McCloskey

Maryland

The battle for St. Michaels 
by Emily Arnold McCully 

Massachusetts

Obadiah the Bold
story and pictures by Brinton Turkle

Michigan

The trees of the dancing goats 
by Patricia Polacco

Minnesota

Gathering : a northwoods counting book 
by Betsy Bowen 

Mississippi

Jean Laffite and the big ol' whale 
by Frank G. Fox

Missouri

Grandma Essie's covered wagon 
by David Williams

Montana

Brave Wolf and the Thunderbird 
by Joe Medicine Crow

Nebraska

Dandelions
by Eve Bunting

Nevada

Snowshoe Thompson
by Nancy Smiler Levinson 

New Hampshire

Old Home Day 
by Donald Hall 

New Jersey

The 18 penny goose 
by Sally M. Walker 

New Mexico

The farolitos of Christmas
by Rudolfo Anaya

New York

Henry and the kite dragon 
by Bruce Edward Hall

North Carolina

Back home 
by Gloria Jean Pinkney 

North Dakota

The range eternal 
by Louise Erdrich

Ohio

Lentil
by Robert McCloskey

Oklahoma

I have heard of a land 
by Joyce Carol Thomas

Oregon

Tulip sees America 
by Cynthia Rylant

Pennsylvania

Sparrow Jack 
by Mordicai Gerstein

Rhode Island

The scrimshaw ring 
by William Jaspersohn

South Carolina

Carolina shout! 
by Alan Schroeder

South Dakota

Little Yellow Fur 
by Wilma Pitchford Hays

Tennessee

On Granddaddy's farm 
by Thomas B. Allen

Texas

Armadillo rodeo
written and illustrated by Jan Brett

Utah

White water 
by Jonathan and Aaron London

Vermont

From dawn till dusk 
by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

Virginia

Liberty Street
by Candice Ransom

Washington

Kate on the coast 
by Pat Brisson

West Virginia

When I was young in the mountains 
by Cynthia Rylant

Wisconsin

Right here on this spot 
by Sharon Hart Addy

Wyoming

Snowed in 
by Barbara M. Lucas

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The Children's Library
Mt. Lebanon Public Library
16 Castle Shannon Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15228
412/531-1913      3.02
www.mtlebanonlibrary.org