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Thanks to everyone for your greetings and book suggestions. I'm sorry
this has taken so long, but I had a problem posting that has now been
resolved. I'm still looking for Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia,
Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New
Mexico, North Dakota,Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,Utah,
West Virginia,and Wyoming.=20
Arkansas - B. Greene's "Summer of My German Soldier" and "Philip Hall
likes me. I reckon maybe."
California - "Patty Reed's Doll" describes the trials of the Donner
expedition, "The Ballad of Lucy Whipple". It is an action packed story,
told from the perspective of a young girl, about the Gold Rush in
California
Colorado - One great book about our state is Ralph Moody's
"LittleBritches" about growing up on a ranch in Littleton (now a suburb
of Denver) when it was "out in the middle of nowhere". Read BEARSTONE
by a local author in Durango by the name of Will Hobbs.
Connecticut - "Ferryboat" by Betsy Maestro, Giulio Maestro is the story
of a trip across the Connecticut River.
D.C. - "The People of Pineapple Place" by Anne Lindbergh and
also Esther Brady's "A Wish on Capitol Hill."
Florida - I really like "The Talking Earth" by Jean Craighead George.=20
It is set in the Everglades.=20
"Foxy" by Helen (?) Griffiths "Someone Was Watching" by David
Patneaude (not a 3rd choice, but part of story is in FL) "Stranded" by
Ben Mikkaelsen (sp) "Panther Glade" by Helen Cavanagh.
Guam-Anything by T.K. Cassidy
Hawaii - Graham Salisbury's "Under the Blood Red Sun."
Indiana-I would recommend any books by Gene Stratton Porter. When I was
in elementary school, my parents gave me the books FRECKLES and GIRL OF
THE LIMBERLOST by this author, and I read them over and over again.
Iowa- "The Haunting of Cabin 13" by Kristi D. Holl for 4th-6th grade.
This takes place in northeast Iowa at Backbone State Park. There are
several stories about Kate Shelley who prevented a train from
crashing when a bridge went out near her home near Boone, Iowa.
Kansas - A wonderful book to read is "The Wind Wagon" by Celia Barker
Lottridge. The story took place over 100 years ago in Oskaloosa, KS.=20
Sam Peppard built a wind wagon and sailed it from Oskaloosa, KS to
within 80 miles of Denver. For Primary grades, there is "Climbing Kansas
Mountains" by George Shannon and "Wagon Wheels" by Brenner. For 4th
through 8th grades there is "Jayhawker" by Patricia Beatty, "Stealing
Home" by Lois Ruby, "High Wind for Kansas" by Calhoun (an oldie),=20
"Promised Land" by Holland, "Jim-Dandy" by Hadley Irwin, "The Monument"
by Gary Paulsen, "The Sodbuster Venture" by Talbot, "A Royal Pain" by
Ellen Conford, "Freedom Trail" by Jeanne Williams (another oldie), and
"The Van Gogh Caf=E9" by Cynthia Rylant. The last one is on our state
William Allen White Award reading list this year and is set in a
fictional Kansas town. It has two mistakes about Kansas in it. Can you
find them? On the adult level, Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" is about
a western Kansas multiple murder.
Picture Book: "Climbing Kansas Mountains" by George Shannon. Novel (Gr.
5-8): "Steal Away Home" by Lois Ruby - Quaker family in the 1850's in
Lawrence, Kansas area, become involved in the Underground Railroad -
good read-aloud.
Thanks again!
Pat Barnhardt, Librarian
Grymes Memorial School, Orange, VA
barnhardt@ns.gemlink.com
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Subject: HIT: READ ACROSS AMERICA, PART 2 (LONG)
Here's Part 2. Thanks again!
Kentucky -An excellent picture book that has a setting in Kentucky,
though it's not specifically stated, is "Who Came Down that Road?" by
George Ella Lyon.
Maryland - *Homecoming* All of the books in the Tillerman family series
by Cynthia Voight. The first book is *Homecoming* and it is wonderful!!=20
It is very popular with our 6th through 8th graders. "Aunt Flossie's
Hats" by Eliz. Howard, illustrated by James Ransome *The Day They Left
the Bay* In this book, the critters of the Chesapeake Bay are finally
fed up with the distruction humans are causing to their environment and
they decide to do something about it. An environmental fable by
Blackistone.
*December Stillness* Mary Downing Hahn lives in Columbia, Maryland which
is quite near my home. Although her books do have a Maryland setting you
might not recognize it as such unless you, too, lived here and knew the
landmarks she includes. Never-the-less, *December Stillness* is sure to
interest you middle school readers as you join the protagonist in her
quest to help a Vietnam Vet who is homeless in her community.=20
*Waterman's Boy* The Chesapeake Bay is the setting for this book which
is classified as an "environmental mystery." Sharpe is the author.=20
*Secret of Heron Creek* If you liked *LOCH* by Paul Zindel, you'll
probably like this one as well. Two 10-year-old boys discover a monster
living in the Chesapeake Bay and do all they can to outwit the adults
who would exploit it. Written by Meacham. *Hannah In Between*Ocean
City, our most popular summer vacation spot, is the setting for
this book which tells of Hannah's attempts to come to grips with her
mother's drinking. Fortunately for Hannah she has a wonderful father,
very close grandparents, and terrific friends to help her through.
Written by Rodowsky. *Chadwick, the Crab* series Priscilla Cummings has
written quite a few books relating Chadwick's adventures in and around
the Chesapeake Bay.
Massachusetts - Make Way for the Ducklings AND Johnny Tremain MAny
Robert Cormier books are set in Massachusetts. I don't know what grade
level you are looking for but "Fade" is an excellent YA/Adult book. I
believe "The Chocolate War" is also set here.
Michigan - Shiloh Season by Naylor. I would like to suggest books by
Michigan author Gloria Whelan. Mrs. Whelan lives in Michigan and writes
about Michigan. Her books include: "Next Spring An Oriole," "Night of
the Full Moon," " Once On This Island," "Hannah," "That Wild Berries
Should Grow," "A Time To Keep Silent," "Indian School (her newest)." An
oldy but goody that covers the Great Lakes area is "Paddle to the Sea"
(Hollings). "The Watson's Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Curtis.
Missouri-"THE MAN WHO LOVED CLOWNS" by June Rae Wood. This book won our
State Mark Twain Reading Award last year. Although it is fiction, it is
based on the true story of the author and her brother. Warning you will
laugh some of the time, but it will also make you cry.
Montana - Larry Watson's "Montana 1948". "Smokey the Cowhorse" by Will
James
Nebraska -A good children's book is Eve Bunting's "Dandelions"; Willa
Cather's books are always good. Be sure to read "Night of the Twisters"
by Ivy Ruckman! It is set in Grand Island, Nebraska and is based on a
tornado that actually hit the city in the early 1980's.! You can learn
more about life on the prairie in Nebraska from a couple of Pam Conrad's
books, "Prairie Songs" and "My Daniel."
New Jersey - I share "June 29, 1999" by David Weisner, with some of my
classes because it takes place in Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ, "The Jersey Devil" by
? "The Great Hoboken Chicken Emengency" by Pinkwater, set of course, in
Hoboken,NJ.
New York - "Danger at Niagara" by Margaret Goff Clark; "George and
Red" by Elizabeth Coatsworth "Paddle-to-the-sea" by Clancy Hollings=20
"The Niagara Falls Mystery" by Gertrude Chandler Warner; "Snowbound" by
Harry Mazer; "The Great Rope" by Rosemary Nesbit. "Two Logs Crossing"
by Edmonds.
North Carolina - Theodore Taylor's "Teetoncey," "Teetoncey and Ben
O'Neal," and "The Odyssey of Ben O'Neal." It's a trilogy about a
shipwreck on Hatteras and the lives of the one survivor and the people
who find her.
Oregon- "The Ghost in the Monitor" by Margaret Anderson; "Trouble For
Lucy" by Stevens "The Ancient One" by Barron; "On to Oregon!" by
Morrow; "Stout-Hearted Seven" Frazier
Rhode Island - "Something Upstairs" by Avi
South Carolina - "Clover" by Dorie Sanders; Two mysteries which are set
in South Carolina coastal areas are "The Secret of Gumbo Grove" by
Eleanora Tate, and "The Gold Bug" by Edgar Allen Poe. Brenda Seabrook's
"Bridges of Summer," set on the sea islands of South Carolina.
Tennessee "Which Way Freedom" is a civil war story set in Tennessee -
Fort Pillow.
Texas - There is a trilogy written by Janice Shefelman that is about=20
pioneers in Texas and is extremely popular at our school. The first
book is called "A Paradise Called Texas;" the second, is "Willow Creek=20
Home;" and the third, is "Spirit of Iron."
Vermont - "Jip," by Katherine Paterson, is set in a 19th century Vermont
poor farm.
Virginia-"Charley Skeedaddle" by Patricia Beatty; "Shade of Gray" and
"Grandpa=92s Mountain" both by Carolyn Reeder
Washington- "CAGES" by Peg Kehret. Aimed at a middle school and up
readership, it is about a girl getting caught shoplifting and being
assigned community service at a nearby animal shelter. A good read for
both animal lovers and those who vicariously enjoy the thrill of risky
behavior. "Seya's Song" by Ron Hirschi. "Swallows and Amazons" by
Ransome (really old!), "The Gnome from Nome" by Cosgrove
(part of the Seredipity series).
Wisconsin - "Caddie Woodlawn" by Carol Ryrie Brink; "Little House in the
Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder, "Rascal" by Sterling North and
"Wolfling" by Sterling North. I am especially fond of Wolfling A more
recent book, very lively and humorous, is "Eating Ice Cream with a
Werewolf," set in Madison, Wisconsin. Also on a grimmer note, "Only My
Mouth is Smiling." For older readers Carter has written "Wart, Son of
Toad" and "Up North (not quite sure of this title)."
Pat Barnhardt, Librarian
Grymes Memorial School
Orange, VA
gmschool@summit.net
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