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Thanks to all who responded. (I hope that I thanked you all personally.) Some of the information that I received re the purchase of State Books... The World Almanac ones are very popular with students at my school. I like the layout, the resources, the use of photos, and just about everything about them! I originally purchased them to put on my birthday book cart, and was getting impatient as they were slow sellers (they were in the highest price bracket.) The outgoing PTO president asked how many I had left, and wrote me a check for all of them! Our fifth graders do state reports, so this books are rarely on the shelves. Just FYI, in your grant proposal, cite whatever state standards you can to justify your purchase. Everyone seems to love that:) I also was at AASL and am planning to replace my state book series with the From Sea to Shining Sea series. Used to be Children's Press, now Scholastic owns them I think. http://librarypublishing.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ ProductDisplayView? langId=-1&storeId=10001&productId=14337&returnURL=SearchView%3FlangId% 3D-1%26storeId%3D10001%26title%3Dfrom%2Bsea%2Bto%2Bshining%2Bsea% 26orderBy%3DtitleASC if the link doesn't work, go to http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/ and click on library publishing. I just bought a series called It's My State. Chock full of information in a kid-friendly layout. And there's a photo of a child on the cover. I think the series that I used in Elem school was Hello USA. (can't remember the publisher-maybe Compass Point Books?) Easier to use than America the Beautiful. It was very appropriate for third grade state reports and the teachers really liked it. I just changed jobs this september but if I was in my elem library I would have tried to update it this year. I like this series and it is by Sleeping Bear Press. Set Name: Discover America State By State Not sure of a series, but the state alphabet books have been extremely popular at our elementary school. I like the series from Abdo publishing company. I'm at a K-5 school, and I like the World Almanac set, but I've found that my younger kids really love the Rookie Reader state books. I'm purchasing them as I get the funds, since they aren't cheap. I figure the earlier I can get them interested in geography, the better. You may want to give them a look. Thanks again, Deb Hendrickson Deborah J. Hendrickson Teacher-Librarian & Technology Leader Westernport Elementary School 172 Church Street Westernport, MD 21562 301-359-0511 DHendrickson@allconet.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------