State-by-State Booklist

Take a trip around the country by reading! Browse our booklist full of stories about each state or stories written by authors from each state.

AL - FL    |   GA - LA    |   ME - MT    |   NE - OR     |   PA - TX    |   UT - WY     

Alabama

• PreK – 2: See the Yak Yak by Charles Ghigna
• Grades 3-5: The Mystery of the Midnight Dog by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Grades 6-8: 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey by Kathryn Tucker Windham and Margaret Gillis Figh

Alaska

• PreK-2: The Giant Cabbage: an Alaskan Folktale by Cherie B. Stihler
• Grades 3-5: The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill
• Grades 6-8: Aleutian Sparrow by Karen Hesse

Arizona

• PreK-2: Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran· 
• Grades 3-5: Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
• Grades 6-8: Ghost Brother by C.S. Alder

Arkansas

• PreK-2: Sitting Down to Eat by Bill Harley  illustrated by Kitty Harvill
• Grades 3-5: I've Already Forgotten Your Name, Philip Hall! by Bette Greene
• Grades 6-8: The Wayfinder by Darcy Pattison

California

• PreK-2: Maybelle the Cable Car by Virginia Lee Burton 
• Grades 3-5: The Skirt by Gary Soto
• Grades 6-8: The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman

Colorado

• PreK-2: Listen Rabbit by Aileen Fisher
• Grades 3-5: Little Britches by Ralph Moody
• Grades 6-8: The Seer and the Sword by Victoria Hanley  

Connecticut

• PreK-2: N is for Nutmeg: A Connecticut Alphabet by Elissa Grodin
• Grades 3-5: The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
• Grades 6-8: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle

Delaware

• PreK-2: Georgia Music by Helen V. Griffith
• Grades 3-5: Water Rat by Marnie Laird 
• Grades 6-8: Voices of the River: Adventures on the Delaware by Jan Cheripko

District of Columbia

• PreK-2: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
• Grades 3-5: Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam Munoz Ryan
• Grades 6-8: Me, Minerva and Flying Flora: Going to Washington, DC by E. R. Emmer

Florida

• PreK-2: Manatee Morning by Jim Arnosky
• Grades 3-5: Everglades by Jean Craighead George
• Grades 6-8: The Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo by Jean Craighead George

Georgia

• PreK-2: The Day the Picture Man Came by Faye Gibbons
• Grades 3-5: When Mack Came Back by Brad Strickland
• Grades 6 – 8: Spite Fences by Trudy Krisher

Guam, Micronesia, the Virgin Islands

• PreK – 2: From the Mouth of the Monster Eel: Stories from Micronesia by Nancy Bohac Flood
• Grades 3-5: My Great-Grandmother's Gourd by Christina Kessler
• Grades 6 - 8: Keeper of the Night by Kimberly Willis Holt

Hawaii

• PreK-2: Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan
• Grades 3-5:  The Black Pearl Mystery (Boxcar Children Mysteries, 64) by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Grades 6-8: Lord of the Deep by Graham Salisbury

Idaho

• PreK-2: Mailing May by Michael Tunnell
• Grades 3 – 5: Idaho the Gem State by Karen Edwards
• Grades 6-8: Big Burn by Jeannette Ingold 

Illinois

• PreK-2: The Field Mouse and the Dinosaur Named Sue by Jan Wahl
• Grades 3-5: The Underground Railroad By Raymond Bial
• Grades 6-8: A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck
  

Indiana

• PreK-2: If You Should Hear a Honey Guide by April Pulley Sayer
• Grades 3-5: The School at Crooked Creek by Laurie Lawlor
• Grades 6-8: Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Iowa

• PreK-2: Stink Soup by Jill Esbaum
• Grades 3-5: Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express by Margaret K. Wetterer
• Grades 6-8: Searching for Anne Frank: Letters From Amsterdam to Iowa by Susan Goldman Rubin

Kansas

• PreK-2: Aunt Minnie and the Twister by Mary Skillings Prigger
• Grades 3-5: Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Grades 6-8: Jayhawker by Patricia Beatty

Kentucky

• PreK-2: The Cow Who Wouldn't Come Down by Paul Brett Johnson
• Grades 3-5: Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds by Cynthia Rylant
• Grades 6-8: Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech

Louisiana

• PreK-2:  Why Alligator Hates Dog by J. J. Reneaux
• Grades 3-5: Starry Skies: Questions, Facts, & Riddles About the Universe by Mike Artell
• Grades 6-8:  Amelina Carrett, Bayou Grand Coeur, Louisiana, 1851 (American Diaries series) by Kathleen Duey

Maine

• PreK-2: Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
• Grades 3-5: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
• Grades 6-8: The Original Freddie Ackerman by Hadley Irwin

Maryland

• PreK – 2: Chesapeake ABC and Chesapeake 123 by Priscilla Cummings
• Grades 3 – 5: Anna on the Farm by Mary Downing Hahn
• Grades 6 – 8: Jacob I have Loved by Katherine Paterson

Massachusetts

• PreK-2: The Disappearing Island by Corinne Demas
• Grades 3-6: A Place for Joey by Carol Flynn Harris
• Grades 6-8: Little Women By Louisa May Alcott

Michigan

• PreK – 2: Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
• Grades 3-5: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Grades 6 – 8: Keeper of the Light  by Patricia Curtis Pfitsch   

Minnesota

• PreK – 2: One- Dog Canoe by Mary Casanova
• Grades 3-5: Up North At The Cabin by Marsha Wilson Chall
• Grades 6-8: Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Mississippi

• PreK-2: Everywhere in Mississippi by Laurie Parker
• Grades 3-5: Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles
• Grades 6-8: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

Missouri

• PreK-2: When Bluebell Sang by Lisa Campbell Ernst
• Grades 3-5: Mark Twain And The Queens Of The Mississippi by Cheryl Harness
• Grades 6-8: The Man Who Loved Clowns by June Rae Wood

Montana

• PreK – 2: B is for Big Sky Country: A Montana Alphabet by Sneed B. Collard III
• Grades 3 – 5: When the Circus Came to Town by Laurence Yep
• Grades 6 – 8: Animals on the Trail with Lewis and Clark and Plants on the Trail with Lewis and Clark by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent  

Nebraska

• PreK-2: The Huckabuck Family and How They Raised Popcorn in Nebraska and Quit and Came Back by Carl Sandburg
• Grades 3-5: Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
• Grades 6-8: Prairie Songs by Pam Conrad

Nevada

• PreK-2: Gullywasher by Joyce Rossi
• Grades 3-5: Weird Stories from the Lonesome Cafe by Judy Cox
• Grades 6-8: Snowbound: The Tragic Story of the Donner Party by David Sievert Lavender  

New Hampshire

• PreK-2: Missing: One Stuffed Rabbit by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
• Grades 3-5: Barking Spiders and Other Such Stuff: Poetry for Children by C. J. Heck
• Grades 6-8: Moon Window by Jane L. Curry

New Jersey

• PreK –2: Hondo and Fabian by Peter McCarty
• Grades 3-5: The Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel Pinkwater
• Grades 6-8: Thank You, Jackie Robinson by Barbara Cohen

New Mexico

• PreK-2: Dragonfly's Tale by Kristina Rodanas
• Grades 3-5: The Day it Snowed Tortillas: Folktales told in Spanish and English by Joe Hayes
• Grades 6-8: Kokopelli's Flute by Will Hobbs

New York

• PreK-2: The Erie Canal Pirates by Eric A. Kimmel
• Grades 3-5: Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey by Maira Kalman
• Grades 6-8: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg

North Carolina

• PreK-2: The Giggle Wind by Carol Andrews
• Grades 3-5: The Jack Tales by Ray Hicks as told to Lynn Salsi
• Grades 6-8: Storm Warriors by Elisa Carbone

North Dakota

• PreK-3: River Friendly, River Wild by Jane Kurtz
• Grades 3-5: Blizzard's Wake by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 
• Grades 6-8: Jakarta Missing by Jane Kurtz

Ohio

• PreK – 2: The President and Mom's Apple Pie by Michael Garland· 
• Grades 3 - 5: The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill· 
• Grades 6 - 8: The Sun, the Rain and the Apple Seed: A Novel of Johnny Appleseed's Life by Lynda Durrant   

Oklahoma

• PreK-2: Green Snake Ceremony written by Sherrin Watkins and illustrated by Kim Doner
• Grades 3 –5: They Came from the Bronx written and illustrated by Neil Waldman 
• Grades 6 – 8: Coyote Autumn by Bill Wallace 

Oregon

• PreK-2: Catwings by Ursula LeGuin
• Grades 3-5: Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary 
• Grades 6-8: Fire on the Wind by Linda Crew 

Pennsylvania

• PreK-2: The Magic Treehouse Series by Mary Pope Osborne
• Grades 3-5: Macaroni Boy by Katherine Ayers
• Grades 6-8: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson  

Puerto Rico

• PreK-2: My Dog Is Lost by Ezra Jack Keats
• Grades 3-5: Juan Bobo: Four Folktales from Puerto Rico by Carment T. Berneier-Grand
• Grades 6-8: Alphabet City Ballet by Erika Tamer 

Rhode Island

• PreK-2: My Name is Yoon by Helen Recorvits 
• Grades 3-5: The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg 
• Grades 6-8: The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle  

South Carolina

• PreK-2: A Sweet, Sweet Basket by Margie Willis Clary
• Grades 3-5: Secret of Gumbo Grove by Eleanora Tate
• Grade 6-8: The South Carolina Lizard Man by Nancy Rhyne

South Dakota

• PreK-2: The Girl who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
• Grades 3-5: Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Grades 6-8: Fellowship of the Seven Stars by Nancy Veglahn

Tennessee

• PreK-2: I See the Rhythm by Toyomi Igus
• Grades 3-5: Goin' Someplace Special by Pat McKissack
• Grades 6-8: Weaver's Daughter by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley    

Texas

• PreK-2: Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea by Tony Johnston
• Grades 3-5: Make Way for Sam Houston by Jean Fritz
• Grades 6-8: Holes by Louis Sacher 

Utah

• PreK-2: Superdog: the Heart of the Hero  by Caralyn Buehner 
• Grades 3-5: The Great Brain by John Dennis Fitzgerald
• Grades 6-8: Charlotte's Rose by Anne Edwards Cannon    

Vermont

• PreK-2: From Dawn Till Dusk by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
• Grades 3-5: Faraway Summer by Johanna Hurwitz
• Grades 6 – 8: Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Virginia

• PreK-2: Minerva Louise at School by Janet Morgan Stoeke
• Grades 3-5: Our Strange New Land: Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary by Patricia Hermes
• Grades 6-8: The Willoughby Spit Wonder by Jonathon Scott Fuqua

Washington

• PreK-2: Dear Ichiro by Jean Davies Okimoto
• Grades 3-5: Come Back, Salmon: How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought it Back to Life  by Molly Cone and Sidnee Wheelwright 
• Grades 6-8: Dogbreath Victorious by Henry Chlad 

West Virginia

• PreK-2: The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
• Grades 3 – 5: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Grades 6-8: Dream Soul by Laurence Yep

Wisconsin

• PreK-2: Pie in the Sky by Lois Ehlert
• Grades 3-5: No Bad News by Kenneth Cole
• Grades 6-8: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

Wyoming

• PreK-2: Dinosaur Hunter by Elaine Marie Alphin 
• Grades 3-5: My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara
• Grades 6-8: Wolf Stalker by Gloria Skurzynski