Read Across America Books
35 Best Books for Teaching U.S. Regions by Toni Buzzeo
Some ideas:
Because of Winn Dixie - Florida
Holes - Texas
A Long Way from Chicago - Illinois
The Van Gogh Cafe - Illinois
Out of the Dust – Oklahoma
The Sea Chest - Maine.
List from the NEA:
• Alabama
o Picture Book of Rosa Parks by David Adler
o Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Curtis
o Run Away Home by Patricia McKissack
o Helen Keller: From Tragedy to Triumph by Katharine E. Wilkie
• Alaska
o Kiana's Iditarod by Shelley Gill
o Williwaw by Tom Bodett
o Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
o Child of the Wolves by Elizabeth Hall
o Call of the Wild by Jack London
o The Eagle’s Shadow by Nora Martin
o Gentle Ben by Walt Morey
o Kavik the Wolf Dog by Walt Morey
o The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto by Natalie Standiford
• Arizona
o Saguaro Cactus by Paul Fleisher
o Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles
o Tarantula Shoes by Tom Birdseye
o Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
o As the Crow Flies by Elizabeth Winthrop
• Arkansas
o Bill Clinton: President of the 90’s by Robert Cwiklik
o Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
o Buckaroo by Betty Traylor
o Cracking the Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine by Eileen Lucas
o Falling From Grace by Ann McNichols
o Gravy on a Bucket Lid by Eddie Bowman
o Only the Names Remain: The Cherokee and the Trail of Tears by Alex W. Bealer
• California
o Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
o Cat Running by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
o Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
o Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman
o The Journal of Ben Uchida by Barry Denenberg
o Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret
o Annie's Promise by Sonia Levitin
o Dragonwings by Laurence Yep
o Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
o Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
o Working Cotton by Sherley Williams
o Maxi, the Star by Debra & Sal Barracca
o Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
• Colorado
o Rocky Mountain National Park by Ruth Radlauer
o Face to Face by Marion Dane Bauer
o Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Arizona by Caroline Arnold
o Bearstone by Will Hobbs
o The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr
• Connecticut
o Secret of the Sachem's Tree by F. N. Monjo
o Windcatcher by Avi
o 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola
o The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare
o The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
o From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
o McBroom Tells the Truth by Sid Fleishman
• Delaware
o Red Bird by Barbara Mitchell
o Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin by Karen Hesse
o A Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter
o As the Crow Flies by Elizabeth Winthrop
• District of Columbia
o The Wall by Eve Bunting
o Nightwalkers by Judy K. Morris
• Florida
o Donald and the Fish That Walked by Edward R. Ricciuti
o Panther Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner
o Bigmama's by Donald Crews
o Shortcut by Donald Crews
o Sam the Sea Cow by Francine Jacobs
o Stealing Home by Mary Stolz
o Sunken Treasure by Gail Gibbons
o Michael Graves by Eric Kudalis
o Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
• Georgia
o Red Cap by G. Clifton Wisler
o Turn Homeward Hannalee by Patricia Beatty
o Greg Maddux, Ace by John Torres
o Herschel Walker by Jim Aenagh
o Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain by Robert Burch
o Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
o The PeeWee Jubilee by Judy Delton
o Only the Names Remain: the Cherokee and the Trail of Tears by Alex W. Bealer
• Hawaii
o Pearl Harbor by Deborah Hopkinson
o Under the Blood Red Sun by Graham Salisbury
o The Broccoli Tapes by Jan Slepian
o The Story of the U.S.S. Arizona by Conrad Stein
o The Last Princess: The story of Princess Ka'iulani of Hawai'i by Fay Stanley
• Idaho
o West to a Land of Plenty by Jim Murphy
o Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
o The Case of the Missing Cutthroats: An Eco Mystery by Jean Craighead George
o The Eagle and the River by Charles Craighead
o Jenny of the Tetons by Kristiana Gregory
o Never Cry “Arp!” and Other Great Adventures by Patrick F. McManus
• Illinois
o Christmas Blizzard by Helen Ketteman
o A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck
o Lincoln, a Photo Biography by Russell Freedman
o Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
o The Great Fire by Jim Murphy
o Oprah Winfrey: Television Star by Steven Otfinoski
o Ruth Law Thrills a Nation by Don Brown
o Michael Jordan: Star Guard by Ron Knapp
• Indiana
o Running out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
o Julie Meyer by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
o The Christmas Blizzard by Helen Ketterman
o The Floating House by Scott R. Sanders
o A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
o A Place Called Freedom by Scott Russell Sanders
• Iowa
o McBroom Tells TheTruth by Sid Fleischmann
o Kate Shelley and The Midnight Express by Wetterer
o Mystery of Pony Hollow by Lynn Hall
• Kansas
o The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
o Going West by Nancy Van Leeuwen
o Steal Away Home by Lois Ruby
o Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Kentucky
o Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech
o Daniel Boone by James Daugherty
o Daniel Boone: Pioneer Trailblazer by Jim Hargrove
o Sally Ann Thunder and Whirlwind Crockett by Steven Kellogg
o Tarantula Shoes by Tom Birdseye
• Louisiana
o Bill and Pete To The Rescue by Tomie DePaola
o Blackwater Swamp by Bill Wallace
o The Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman
o Mama Don’t Allow by Thatcher Hurd
o My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt
• Maine
o Fudge-A-Mania by Judy Blume
o Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
o One Morning in Maine by Robert McClosky
o Blueberries for Sal by Robert McClosky
o Time of Wonder by Robert McClosky
o Calico Bush by Rachel Field
o Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Peter and Connie Roop
• Maryland
o By The Dawn's Early Light by Steven Kroll
o Count Me In by Cal Ripken
o Chita’s Christmas Tree by Elizabeth Howard
o Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
o The Fox Hunt Mystery: Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
• Massachusetts
o Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen
o Night Raiders Along the Cape by John Waters
o Make way for Ducklings by Robert McClosky
o Comet's Nine Lives by Jan Brett
o She’s Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head by Kathryn Lasky
o The First Thanksgiving by Jean Craighead George
o Why We Have Thanksgiving by Margaret Hillert
o An Island Far From Home by John Donahue
o Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
o Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry
o Anastasia at Your Service by Lois Lowry
o Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst by Lois Lowry
o Who’s That Stepping On Plymouth Rock? by Jean Fritz
o Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellog
• Michigan
o Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Curtis
o Mrs. Mack by Patricia Polacco
o Keeper of the Light by Patricia Pfitsch
o The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
o My Ol’ Man by Patricia Polacco
• Minnesota
o Tracker by Gary Paulsen
o On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
o Betsy-Tacy by Maud Lovelace
o Kirsten: An American Girl Books by Janet Shaw
• Mississippi
o Vicksburg Veteran by F. N. Monjo
o Let The Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred Taylor
o Mississippi Bridge by Mildred D. Taylor
o Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
o The Well: David’s Story by Mildred Taylor
o The Friendship by Mildred D. Taylor
o The Drummer Boy of Vicksburg by G. Clifton Wisler
o Goodbye, Charles Lindbergh by Louise Borden
o The Haunted Cabin Mystery: Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler
Warner
o Night cry by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Missouri
o Sooner by Patricia Calvert
o George Washington Carver by Lois Nicholson
o On My Way Home by Laura Ingalls Wilder
o Little House on Rocky Ridge by Roger MacBride
o Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
o Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• Montana
o Wolf Stalker by Gloria Skurzynski
o It Is a Good Day to Die by Herman Viola
o Smoky, the Cow Horse by Will James
o Max, the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
• Nebraska
o Native American Doctor by Jeri Ferris
o Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
o Gratefully Yours by Jane Buchanan
o Prairie Songs by Pam Conrad
o My Daniel by Pam Conrad
• Nevada
o Sarah Winnemucca by Mary Frances Morrow
o Snowshoe Thompson by Nancy Levinson
o Cowboy country by Ann Herbert Scott
o The Runaways by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
o Weird Stories from the Lonesome Café by Judy Cox
o Alice Rose and Sam: a Novel by Kathryn Lasky
o Chico and Dan by Harold Keith
• New Hampshire
o Gathering Of Days by Joan Blos
o Bear That Heard Crying by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
o Miss Hickory by Carolyn Bailey
• New Jersey
o Battle of Trenton by Martin McPhillips
o Captain Grey by Avi
o Henry Reed, Inc. by Keith Robertson
o Henry Reed’s Baby-Sitting Service by Keith Robertson
o Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid by Walter Dean Myers
o Fighting Ground by Avi
o George Washington's Socks by Elvira Wooddruff
• New Mexico
o Cowboys by Joan Anderson
o Carlsbad Caverns by Lewann Sotnak
o And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
o Wildlife Rescue by Jennifer Dewey
o Sing Down the Moon by Scott O’Dell
o Josefina: an American Girl by Valerie Tripp
• New York
o How Pizza Came to Queens by Dayal Khalsa
o Hessian's Secret Diary by Lisa Banim
o Tar Beach by Faith Ringold
o Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
o Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein by Johanna Hurwitz
o And Still the Turtle Watched by Sheila MacGill-Callahan
o The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
o Ruth Law Thrills a Nation by Don Brown
o The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra Barracca
o When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest
o The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds
o Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
o Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
o Hattie and the Wild Waves by Barbara Cooney
o Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks
o Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by Bernard Waber
o Remember Me to Harold Square by Paula Danziger
• North Carolina
o Wright Brothers by Russell Freedman
o Who Comes With Cannons by Patricia Beatty
o My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston
o The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston
o Meet Addy: an American Girl by Connie Porter
o Where the Lilies Bloom by Vera Cleaver
o Michael Jordan: Star Guard by Ron Knapp
o Back Home by Gloria Jean Pinkney
o A Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant
• North Dakota
o Edge of Nowhere by Lucy Sypher
o Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner
o On the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
o Sitting Bull by Herman Viola
o Buffalo Before Breakfast by Mary Pope Osborne
• Ohio
o M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton
o John Glenn by Paul Westman
o Wild Willie and King Kyle Detectives by Barbara M. Joose
o Lentil by Robert McClosky
o Johnny Appleseed Goes A’Planting by Patsy Jensen
• Oklahoma
o Time of Hunting by Wayne Dodd
o Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Smith
o Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
o Where the Red Fern Grows by Winston Rawls
o Red-Dirt Jessie by Anna Myers
o Captain’s Command by Anna Myers
• Oregon
o Summer Discovery by Drew Carson
o A Girl From Yamhill by Beverly Cleary
o A Frontier Fort on the Oregon Trail by Scott Stedman
o Wagon Train 911 by Jamie Gilson
• Pennsylvania
o Christmas Cookie Tree by Ruth Hershey Irion
o Knots in My Yo-Yo String by Jerry Spinelli
o The Winter of Red Snow (Dear America) by Christina Gregory
o The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz
o What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz
o Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catherine C. Logan by Mary Pope
Osborne
o The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous
• Rhode Island
o Something Upstairs by Avi
o Nickommoh! by Jackie French Koller
o The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle
o The Mill by David Macaulay
o Christmas Tree Farm by Sandra Jordan
o Kerry Hill Casecrackers Series by Peggy Nicholson and John F. Warner
o Chicken Run by Ellen Weiss
o Finding Providence: the Story of Roger Williams by Avi
• South Carolina
o Cast Two Shadows by Ann Rinaldi
o Hurricane Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner
o The Secret of Gumbo Grove by Eleanora E. Tate
o The Keeping Room by Anna Myers
o I Thought My Soul Would Rise Up and Fly: The Diary of Patsy by Joyce Hansen
o The Girl Who Ate Chicken Feet by Sandy Richardson
• South Dakota
o First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
o Boy Called Slow by Joseph Bruchac
o The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
o Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
o A Dinosaur Named Sue: the Find of the Century by Fay Robinson
o A Dinosaur Named Sue: the Story of the Colossal Fossil by Patricia Relf
o Driving Lessons by Catherine Dexter
• Tennessee
o Davy Crockett by Anne Ford
o Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs
o Brown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley by Marguerite Henry
o Tennessee Trailblazers by Patricia and Frederick McKissack
o Knoxville, Tennessee by Nikki Giovanni
o Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull
o Sequoyah’s Gift by Janet Klausner
o Oprah Winfrey: Television Star by Steven Otfinoski
o When the Whippoorwill Calls by Candice Ransom
o Al Gore by Rebecca Stefoff
o Daniel’s Duck by Clyde Robert Bulla
o A Band of Angels: a Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers by Deborah
Hopkinson
• Texas
o Holes by Louis Sachar
o Armadillo Rodeo by Jan Brett
o Hank, the Cow Dog by John Erickson
o Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
o Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola
o Search for the Shadowman by Joan Lowery Nixon
o The White Stallion by Elizabeth Shub
• Utah
o Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
o Hostage by Edward Myers
o The Great Brain at the Academy by John D. Fitzgerald
• Vermont
o Soup by Robert Newton Peck
o Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Martin
o Soup and Me by Robert Newton Peck
o Soup for President by Robert Newton Peck
o Soup’s Hoop by Robert Newton Peck
o A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
o The Canada Geese Quilt by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
• Virginia
o Promise Quilt by Candice Ransom
o Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
o Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
o George Washington’s Breakfast by Jean Fritz
o Journal of James Edward Pease by Jim Murphy
o The Relatives Came by Cynthis Rylant
o The Twin in the Tavern by Barbara B. Wallace
o Felicity: an American Girl by Valerie Tripp
o When Will This Cruel War be Over by Barry Denenberg
• Washington
o Turtle People by Brenda Guiberson
o Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer Holm
o Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mt. St. Helens by Patricia Lauber
o The Last Man's Reward by David Patneaude
• West Virginia
o Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
o Saving Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
o Shiloh Season by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
o Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
o Hound Heaven by Linda Oatman High
• Wisconsin
o Rascal by Sterling North
o Little House in the Big Woods by Laura I. Wilder
o Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Brink
o Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
• Wyoming
o Yellowstone by Carol A. Marron
o Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie DePaola
o My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara
o Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
o Red Dog by Bill Wallace
Jeri Calcote
District Library Media Specialist
Poolville (TX) I.S.D.
calcote@cox-internet.com
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