My boy loves maps, particularly of the US. We have a big one hanging up in the homeschool room and he has two different USA puzzles. He is always looking at them and talking about them—That’s where Uncle Christopher lives! I been there! That’s where I was born!—so for fun, I printed out a blank black-and-white USA map a few months ago.
I let him color in a state each time we read a children’s book that talked about that state, even if only as a brief mention. (Often only in the Author’s Note section) I had to get online and really hunt to find books once we hit the end of our list, but now we have a fun little list of children’s books that take place in each state. Enjoy!
Alabama… Around America to Win the Vote
Alaska… Alaska’s Three Bears // Arrow to Alaska // Draw What You See // The Salmon Princess: An Alaska Cinderella Story
Arizona… Around America to Win the Vote // Goodnight Arizona
Arkansas… N is for Natural State
California… Alaska’s Three Bears // Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure // Around America to Win the Vote // The Boy Who Invented TV // Extreme Animals // The Hole Story of the Doughnut // I Love Saturdays y domingos // Players in Pigtails // The Tree Lady // What’s New? The Zoo!
Colorado… Boss of the Plains
Connecticut… Kid Blink Beats the World
Delaware… F is for First State
Georgia… Around America to Win the Vote // Draw What You See
Idaho… The Boy Who Invented TV
Illinois… Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure // Aliens are Coming! The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Broadcast // Honest Abe Lincoln // Looking at Lincoln
Kansas… 5-Minute Storytime: The Wizard of Oz // Dorothy and Toto: Little Dog Lost // My First Little House Books: Prairie Day
Kentucky… Honest Abe Lincoln // Kid Blink Beats the World // Looking at Lincoln
Louisiana… Draw What You See // Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood // Players in Pigtails
Maine… The Hole Story of the Doughnut // Miss Moore Thought Otherwise // Very Short Tall Tales to Read Together: Paul Bunyan
Massachusetts… The Hole Story of the Doughnut // Kid Blink Beats the World // Miss Dorothy and her Bookmobile // Very Short Tall Tales: Johnny Appleseed
Minnesota… Goodnight Minnesota // River Friendly, River Wild
Mississippi… Around America to Win the Vote
Missouri… Boss of the Plains
Montana… B is for Big Sky Country
Nebraska… Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure // Elsie’s Bird
Nevada… Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure // Extreme Animals
New Hampshire… The Iciest, Diciest, Scariest Sled Ride Ever
New Jersey… Aliens are Coming! The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Broadcast // Boss of the Plains // Kid Blink Beats the World // Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle
New Mexico… Around America to Win the Vote
New York… Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure // Kid Blink Beats the World // Kitty Kat, Kitty Kat Where Have You Been- New York // Miss Moore Thought Otherwise // Players in Pigtails // This is Spider-Man // What’s New? The Zoo!
North Carolina… Around America to Win the Vote // Miss Dorothy and her Bookmobile
North Dakota… River Friendly, River Wild
Oklahoma… What’s New? The Zoo!
Oregon… Goodnight Oregon // Journey
Pennsylvania… Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure // Looking at Lincoln // Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
Rhode Island… Kid Blink Beats the World // Queen of the Diamond: The Lizzie Murphy Story
South Carolina… Around America to Win the Vote
South Dakota… Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure
Tennessee… Very Short Tall Tales: Davy Crockett // Wilma Unlimited
Texas… Goodnight Texas // I Love Saturdays y domingos // Madeline in America // Players in Pigtails // Stories of Cowboys: Wanted! // The Three Little Tamales
Virginia…Thomas Jefferson and the Ghostriders
Washington… Goodnight Washington // Players in Pigtails // What’s New? The Zoo!
West Virginia… M is for Mountain State
Wisconsin… Snowflake Bentley // Summertime in the Big Woods
Extras:
DC… Around America to Win the Vote // Looking at Lincoln
Virgin Islands… Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle
Virgin Islands… Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle
Other USA resources you might find fun… 50 Nifty United States (song) // The United States // USA puzzle // Wonders of the USA
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