Book lists are a great resource for beginning a homeschool unit study, to revive learning when you feel the homeschool doldrums, or to use them for a geography unit study when you want to move away from boring textbooks. Too, look at my page Homeschool Geography for hands-on and simple ideas and tips.
Today, I rounded up 100 best books for kids from all 50 states.
Alabama
My Name Is America: The Journal Of Biddy Owens, Birmingham, Alabama, 1948
Who Was Rosa Parks? (Who Was? series)
Alaska
The Adventures of Balto: The Untold Story of Alaska’s Famous Iditarod Sled Dog
Sweet Home Alaska
Arizona
Wright on Time, Book 1: Arizona
Arizona (Lucky Luke)
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Arkansas
Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of Arkansas
The Fifth Rule
California
By the Great Horn Spoon!
What Was the Gold Rush? (What Was? series)
Colorado
Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer
In the Heart of the Rockies: An Adventure on the Colorado River
Connecticut
The Moffats
The Forgotten Flag: Revolutionary Struggle in Connecticut Paperback
Delaware
The Last of the Mohicans
Dear America: A Light in the Storm
Florida
Because of Winn-Dixie
Defeat of the Ghost Riders (Trailblazer Books)
Georgia
My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Diary of Carrie Berry A Confederate Girl
Hawaii
Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy
What Was Pearl Harbor? (What Was? series)
Idaho
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory
High Wind to Idaho
Illinois
DK Biography: Abraham Lincoln
What Was the Great Chicago Fire? (What Was? series)
Indiana
The Bears of Blue River
Oliver’s Travels: An Indiana Adventure
Iowa
Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Iowa Story
Searching for Anne Frank: Letters from Amsterdam to Iowa
Kansas
Prairie Skies: Cabin in the Snow
Moon Over Manifest
Kentucky
Daniel Boone: Young Hunter and Tracker (Childhood of Famous Americans)
Abandoned on the Wild Frontier (Trailblazer Books)
Louisana
Lorenzo And the Turncoat
Down in Louisiana
Maine
The Sign of the Beaver
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
Maryland
Goliath: Hero of the Great Baltimore Fire
Listen for the Whippoorwill (Trailblazer Books)
Massachusetts
Three Young Pilgrims
What Was the Boston Tea Party? (What Was? series)
Michigan
Brothers of the Heart: A Story of the Old Northwest
Who Was Henry Ford? (Who Was? series)
Minnesota
Farmer Boy Goes West (Little House, Big Adventure)
Wright on Time, Book 5: Minnesota
Mississippi
The Mystery on the Mighty Mississippi (Real Kids, Real Places)
Mississippi Morning
Missouri
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
What Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition? (What Was? series)
Montana
First Dog: Unleashed in the Montana Capitol
Magpie Treasures
Nebraska
Night of the Twisters
My Face to the Wind: the Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881 (Dear America Series)
Nevada
The Last Stubborn Buffalo in Nevada
The Mystery at Area 51 (Real Kids Real Places)
And if you love learning geography through literature, look at another one of my favorites from Beautiful Feet books which is Geography through Literature.
New Hampshire
The Trouble with Jeremy Chance
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-32
New Jersey
The Fighting Ground
Who Was Thomas Alva Edison? (Who Was? series)
New Mexico
The Day It Snowed Tortillas
Loco Dog in the Santa Fe Rail Yard (Historical New Mexico for Children)
New York
Roundup of the Street Rovers (Trailblazer Books)
Who Was Jackie Robinson? (Who Was? series)
North Carolina
The Mystery of the Lost Colony (Real Kids! Real Places!)
The Mystery of Biltmore House (Real Kids Real Places)
North Dakota
The Long Winter (Little House)
Gift Horse: A Lakota Story
Ohio
The Boy Who Saved Cleveland
Who Was Neil Armstrong? (Who Was? series)
From Textbook to Living Book for Homeschool Geography
Oklahoma
Beautiful Land: A Story of the Oklahoma Land Rush
Oklahoma Prairie Tales: Mostly True Stories My Grandma Told Me
Oregon
Attack in the Rye Grass: Marcus and Narcissa Whitman (Trailblazer Books)
Attack in the Rye Grass (Trailblazer Books)
Pennsylvania
The Madcap Mystery of the Missing Liberty Bell
What Was the Battle of Gettysburg? (What Was? series)
Rhode Island
The Art of Keeping Cool (Aladdin Historical Fiction)
The World in One Square Mile: Central Falls
South Carolina
Sylvia and Miz Lula Maye
The Mystery at Fort Sumter (Real Kids Real Places)
South Dakota
Wright on Time: South Dakota
The Mystery at Mount Rushmore (Real Kids Real Places)
Tennessee
Flaming Arrows (Odyssey Classics)
The Perilous Road (Odyssey Classics (Odyssey Classics)
Texas
A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence (Dear America Series)
What Was the Alamo? (What Was? series)
Utah
The Great Brain
Wright on Time, Book 2: Utah
Vermont
Aaron and the Green Mountain Boys
John and Tom (Vermont Folklife Center Children’s Book Series)
Virginia
With Lee in Virginia
The Mystery at Mount Vernon (Real Kids Real Places)
Washington
The Seattle Puzzle (The Boxcar Children Mysteries)
Exiled to the Red River (Trailblazer Books)
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Little House in the Big Woods
Caddie Woodlawn
Wyoming
Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of Old Wyoming
Wright on Time, Book 3: Wyoming
Also, you’ll love these other books:
- 8 World War II Historical Fiction Books for Middle School
- 5 Steps to Choosing Geography Living Books Your Children Will Love
- 5 BEST Books to Create an Around the World Unit Study (and Hands-on Activities)
- 12 of the Best Books For Beginner Readers Being Homeschooled
- 6 Boy Approved Books Which Spark the Love of Reading
Hugs and love ya,
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