Re: HIT: STATE SETTINGS BOOKS

["Thom Clement, Carol Clement" <tclem@erols.com>]

Thom Clement, Carol Clement wrote:
>
> Thank you to those who sent book suggestions with different state
> settings. I am posting a list of the titles I got and hope you keep me
> in mind when a book comes up that has a state setting. I am interested
> in all of your recommendations.
>
> Nebraska: "Dandelions" by Eve Bunting, "Prairie Song" by Pam Conrad, and
> "Night of the Twisters by Ruckman
> Wyoming: "Snowed In", and Mary O"Hara's "My Friend Flicka",
> "Thunderhead" and "Green Grass of Wyoming"
> Texas: "Armadillo from Amarillo"
> Wisconsin: "Rascal" by Sterling North, "Little House in the Big Woods"
> by Laura Ingalls Wilder, "Caddie Woodlawn" by Carol Ryrie Brink, "First
> Farm in the Valley" by Ann Pellowski, "Weird Henry Berg" by Sarah
> Sargent, "Chrysanthemum" and other books by Kevin Henkes
> Iowa: "Leah's Pony", "Corn Farm Boy", "The Haunting of Cabin 13" by
> Kristi Holl, "Switcharound" by Lois Lowry, and "Chicken Bucks" by Susan
> Sharpe
> Alabama: "Wiley and the Hairy Man"
> Oregon: Beverly Cleary Books
> Tennessee: "Flossie and the Fox"
> Louisiana: "A Million Fish More or Less"
> Oklahoma: "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
> Utah: "Soup" books, "The Great Brain Books" by John D. Fitzgerald,
> "Uchida's Journey to Topaz", and "Journey Home"
> North Carolina: "The Moves Make the Man", "Sunday Outing" by Gloria Jean
> Pinkney
> Pennsylvania: "Back Home" by Gloria Jean Pinkney
> Maine: "One Morning in Maine" by Robery McCloskey, "Lost on the Mountain
> in Maine", "Sign of the Beaver" by Speare, "The Western Wind" by Fox,
> "Keeping the Lights Burning Abbie Burgess" by Roop
> Kansas: "Jayhawker" by Patricia Beatty, "Steal Away Home" Lois Ruby
> Massachusettes: "Make Way for the Ducklings" by Robert McCloskey
> New York: "Remember Me to Harold Square" by Paula Danziger
> Virginia: "Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters" by
> McKissack
> Florida: "Hurricane City" by Sara Weeks, "Hurricane" by David Weiser,
> "Beach Ball" by Peter Sis, "The Seashore Book" by Charlotte Zolotow,
> "Curious George at the Beach" by Margaret Rey, "Beazch Feet" by Lynn
> Reiser, "Emma at the Beach" by James Stevenson, "At the Beach" by Anne
> Rockwell, "J. Rooker, Manatee" by Jan Haley, "Sam, the Sea Cow" by
> Francine Jacobs, "The Everglades" by Jean Craighead George, "Florida" by
> Dennis Fradin, "Seashores" by Herbert Zim and "Oranges" by Zack Rogow
> New Hampshire" "The River Ran Wild" by Lynne Cherry
> Missouri: "Me and Caleb" by Franklyn Meyer
> Michigan: In-Between Days" by Eve Bunting
>
> If you come up with any more titles I am continuing my collection and
> will post another hit.
>
> Carol Clemennt, librarian
> Virginia Run Elementary
> Centreville, VA
> tclem@erols.com