STORY
SETTING, TITLE, AUTHOR
FANTASY
Oh,
the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
Where
the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
MOUNTAINS
When
I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
How
Mountains Are Made by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
FORESTS
In
the Woods : Who's Been Here? by Lindsay Barrett George
Rain
Forest by Helen Cowcher
The
Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by L. Cherry
ISLANDS
Island
of the Skog by Steven Kellogg
OCEAN
The
Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole
My
Life With the Wave by Catherine Cowan
DESERTS
Mojave by Diane Siebert
The
Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. Guiberson
Alejandro's
Gift by Richard Albert
The
Desert Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
RIVERS
The
Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack
On
the River ABC by Caroline Stutson
Hudson
River: An Adventure from the Mountains to the Sea - P. Lourie
GARDENS
The
Gardener by Sarah Stewart
The
Victory Garden Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
A
Gardener's Alphabet by Mary Azarian
LIGHTHOUSES
List of
books about lighthouses
FARMS
Old
MacDonald Had an Apartment House by Judi Barrett
Charlotte's
Web by E. B. White
The
Cow That Went Oink by Bernard Most
Click,
Clack, Moo : Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
LIBRARY
The
Library by Sarah Stewart
FIRE STATION
A
Trip to the Firehouse by Wendy Cheyette Lewison
COUNTRIES/CITIES/TOWNS
A is
for America by Devin Scillian
The
Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller
Gooseberry
Park by Cynthia Rylant
Tar
Beach by Faith Ringgold
Roxaboxen
by Alice McLerran
Cloudy
With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
My
Street by Rebbeca Treays
AUSTRALIA
Possum
Magic by Mem Fox
Where
the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker
Wombat
Stew by Marcia K. Vaughan
My
Grandma Lived in Gooligulch by Graeme Base
Australian
children's books - List compiled by librarian
CANADA
Jessie's
Island by Sheryl McFarlane
Very
Last First Time by Jan Andrews
Canada
from A to Z by Bobbie Kalman
FRANCE
The
Cows Are Going to Paris by David K. Kirby
HONG KONG
Our
Home Is the Sea by Riki Levinson
**
Update March 2005: There are many more book titles about places by
state or state author at my
50
States Book List
NEW YORK, NY
The
Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by H. Swift
Abuela
by Arthur Dorros
Tales
of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Journey
Around New York from A to Z by Martha Zschock
Uptown
by Bryan Collier
Hattie
and the Wild Waves : A Story from Brooklyn by B. Cooney
Statue
of Liberty books A list of titles
PITTSBURGH, PA
Pickles
to Pittsburgh : The Sequel to Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi
Barrett
BOSTON, MA
Make
Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
TENNESSEE
Swamp
Angel by Anne Isaacs
ALASKA
A
Child's Glacier Bay by Kimberly Corral
Alaska
ABC Book by Charlene Kreeger
L
Is for Last Frontier: An Alaska Alphabet by Carol Crane
Prince
William by Gloria Rand
FLORIDA
S
is for Sunshine: A Florida Alphabet by Carol Crane
GEORGIA
P
Is for Peach: A Georgia Alphabet by Carol Crane
ILLINOIS
L
Is for Lincoln: An Illinois Alphabet by Kathy-Jo Wargin
INDIANA
H Is
for Hoosier: An Indiana Alphabet by Cynthia Furlong Reynolds
H is
for Hoosier: An Indiana Alphabet by Dori Hillestad Butler
MAINE
Miss
Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
G
is for Golden: A California Alphabet by David Domeniconi
MINNESOTA
M
Is for Minnesota by Dori Hillestad Butler
MISSOURI
S
Is for Show Me: A Missouri Alphabet by Judy Young
NORTH CAROLINA
An
Island Scrapbook : Dawn to Dusk on a Barrier Island
by Virginia Wright-Frierson
OHIO
B
Is for Buckeye: An Ohio Alphabet by Marcia Schonberg
CALIFORNIA
California
A to Z by Dorothy Hines Weaver
Maybelle
the Cable Car by Virginia Lee Burton
TENNESSEE
V
Is for Volunteer: A Tennessee Alphabet by Michael Shoulders
TEXAS
Armadillo
Rodeo by Jan Brett
L
Is for Lone Star: A Texas Alphabet by Carol Crane
T Is
for Texas by Anne Bustard
T Is
for Texas by Mary Dodson Wade
WISCONSIN
W
Is for Wisconsin by Dori Hillestad Butler |
