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Dear Group, Sorry it took so long for me to post this hit - I was slowed down a bit by AASL and Children's Book Week. Thanks to all who sent me book titles about their states or regions. We have decided to make this an ongoing project - we will make initial purchases based on suggestions by LM_Netters and we will also purchase the Oryx Press series (Exploring the states through literature) to help us continue to put together our "states" collection. I received the following suggestions: California Fool's Gold - Snyder California and SW region books by Patricia Beatty Wisconsin Winding Valley Farm: Annie's Story -Pellowski Pieces of the Picture - Josse Caddie Woodlawn - Brink The Zebra - Henkes (also given as Zebra Wall) Flyaway - Hall Little House in the Big Woods - Wilder Better Than a Brother - McCall Anna, the One and Only - Joose Orphaned Pup - Lapp The Island - Paulsen Holding Steady - Schwandt Roots in the Outfield - Zirpoli (Marion Fuller Archer and Sterling North are authors who write about Wisconsin) Minnesota Betsy-Tacy stories by Lovelace South Carolina Bridges of Summer - Seabrooke Tennessee Borrowed Children - Lyon The Perilous Road (and other titles by Steele) Listen for Rachel - Kassem The Education of Little Tree - Carter The Red Wind - Traylor Maryland Jacob Have I Loved - Paterson Homecoming - Paterson Dicey's Song - Paterson Pennsylvania Bread Sister of Sinking Creek - Moore Texas Old Yeller - Gibson Winter of the Wolf - Wisler Where the Pirates Are - Townsend A Paradise Called Texas - Shefelman Sarah, Sissy Weed and the ships of the Desert - Paul Devil Storm - Nelson Legend of the Blue Bonnet - DePaola Rhode Island Something Upstairs - Avi Blue Heron - Avi Nebraska Night of the Twister - Ruckman New York Breaking the Ring - Inglehart Alabama To Kill a Mockingbird - Lee New Hampshire Look to the Mountain Ohio Weasel - DeFelice Missouri Man Who Loved Clowns Missouri and Kansas Rifles for Watie West Virginia Shiloh - Naylor A Blue-eyed Daisy - Rylant Starfisher - Yep Various southern states Windham's books of ghost stories Texas Willow Creek Home - Shefelman Spirit of Iron - Shefelman A Paradise Called Texas Also suggested - the series Exploring the States through Literature (Oryx Press) - article in Sept. 94 Booklinks Betsy Breiding R7Media@wvnvm.wvnet.edu