- "Patty Reid's Doll" by Rachel Laurgaard
- "The Gullywasher" by Joyce Rossi (description)
- "Sarah Winnemucca" by Mary Frances Morrow (description)
- Hayes, Joe, "The Day It Snowed Tortillas"
- McDermott, Gerald, "Arrow To the Sun" (description) (42 ps)
- Soto, Gary, "Too Many Tamales" (32 ps.)(description)
- Rodanas, Kristina, "Dragonfly's Tale" (29 ps)(description)
- Lowell, Susan, "The Three Little Javelinas" (unp)(description)
- Johnston, Tony, "Alice Nizzy Nazzy, the Witch of Santa Fe" (unp)(description)
- Smith, MaryLou M., "Grandmother's Adobe Dollhouse"
- Nez, Redwing T., "Forbidden Talent" (unp)(description)
- "Hudson River: And Adventure From the Mountains to the Sea" by Peter Lourie (description)
- "Moon of the Owls" by Jean Craighead George (1993)(47 ps)(description) [Catskills]
- "One Day in the Woods" by Jean Craighead George (1988)(42 ps)(description) (Teatown Woods - Hudson Highlands)
- "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Robert San Souci (1986)(32 ps)(description)
- "North Country Night" by Daniel San Souci (1990)(32 ps) (description)
- "Hey, Al" by Arthur Yorinks (Manhattan)(1986)(32 ps)(description)
- "Tar Beach" by Faith Ringgold (1996)(32 ps) (description) [Tar Beach activity]
- "The Jazz Man" by Mary Hays (1967)(42 ps)(description)(Harlem)
- Suggested by Southport, NC
- "The Conspiracy of the Secret Nine" by Celia Bland (90 ps) (description)
- Taffy of Torpedo Junction. This is really set in the Outer Banks, but we had the German UBoats in our area as well.
- Susan Tate's Tammy Turtle; Sammy Shrimp; Crabby & Nabby; Pearlie Oyster; are some picture books about animals in our area. These animals make up a large part of the fishing industry in our area.
- "Jack, the Giant Chaser" by Joanne Compton (description)
- "Ashpet, an Appalachian Tale by Joanne Compton (description)
- "Back Home" by Gloria Jean Pinkney (description)
- "Little Eight" by John Jan Wahl (description)
- "Pirates and Privateers" by Edith McCall (Stede Bonnet was captured in Southport, NC)(description)
- "The Mystery History of a Pirate Galleon" by Fred Finney (description)
- Houston, Gloria, "Littlejim" (description)
- Houston, Gloria, "But No Candy" (1939-1945)(description)
- Houston, Gloria, "Littlejim's Dreams" (description) [1920 N. Carolina]
- Houston, Gloria, "LIttlejim's Gift" (description)>
- "Uncle Jed's Barbershop" by James Ransome (32 ps) (description)
- "Coming Home" by Gloria Jean Pinkney (description)
- "Back Home" by Gloria Jean Pinkney (description) (illus Brian Pinkney)
- "Moss Gown" by William Hooks (48 ps) (description)
- "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt" by Deborah Hopkinson (description)
- "Calvin's Christmas Wish" by Calvin Miles and Dolores Johnson (1993) (32 ps)(description)
- Gail Haley picture books
- "Barnyard Banter" by Denise Fleming (1994)(28 ps)(description)
- "In The Tall Tall Grass" by Denise Fleming (1991)(description)
- Local author: Denise Fleming - "In the Small Small Pond" (1993)(32 ps) (description)
- Thursday - "Where Once There Was a Wood" by Denise Fleming(1996)(description)
- Friday - "Count" by Denise Fleming (1992)(description)
- Ohio born: Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton - "Why Cowboys Sleep With Their Boots On" (1995)(description)
- "In Coal Country" by Judith Hendershot (1987)(40 ps)(description)
- "Bells of Christmas" by Virginia Hamilton (59 ps) (description)
- "Warm as Wool" by Scott R. Sanders (1992)(32 ps)(description)
- Greene, Carol, "Rachel Carson, Friend of Nature" (Rookie Biography) (description) (47 ps)
- Simon, Charnan, "Andrew Carnegie, Builder of Libraries" (Community Builders)(description) (46 ps)
- Bartoletti, Susan Campbell, "Growing Up in Coal Country" (description)(127 ps)
- Hendershot, Judith, "In Coal Country" (description) (40 ps)
- Kellogg, Steven, "Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale" (description) (42 ps)
- Smucker, Anna Egan, "No Star Nights" (description) (40 ps)
- Stein, R. Conrad, The Story of the Johnstown Flood" (description) (31 ps)
- Walker, Paul R., "Head for the Hills, the Amazing True Story of the Johnstown Flood"
- McDonald, Megan, "The Great Pumpkin Switch" (Pittsburgh)(description)
- McDonald, Megan, "The Potato Man" (Pittsburgh)(description)
- Voelzke, Daryl E., "Pierre Penguin Finds a New Home" (Pittsburgh)
- Bial, Raymond, "Amish Home" (description)(40 ps)
- Polacco, Patricia, "Just Plain Fancy" (description)(32 ps)
- Ringgold, Faith, "Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky" (description)
- Gutelle, Andrew, "Baseball's Best")(Story 4 - Roberto Clemente)(description)
- Monjo, F.N. "The Drinking Gourd" (description)
- "Sea to Shining Sea" by Dennis Fradin (1994) (description)
- "Amish Home" by Raymond Bial (1993)(40 ps)(description)
- "The Folks in the Valley: A Pennsylvania Dutch ABC" by Jim Aylesworth (1992)(32 ps)(description)
- "Nicole Visits An Amish Farm" by Merle Good (1982)(47 ps)(description)
- "The Pennsylvania Dutch: Craftsmen and Farmers" by Eva Costabel (1986)(48 ps)(description)
- "Trouble at the Mines" by Doreen Rappaport (1987)(description)
- "Seventh and Walnut: Life in Colonial Philadelphia" by James Knight (1982)(32 ps)(description)
- "Cotton Mill Town" by Kathleen Hershey (1993)(32 ps)(description)
- "Sukey and the Mermaid" by Robert San Souci (1992)(32 ps)(description)
- Illustrated by Brian Pinkney
- "Freedom's Fruit" by William Hooks (1996)(description)
- "Catching the Fire: Philip Simms, Blacksmith" by Mannie Garcia (1997)(48 ps)(description)
- "A Gracious Plenty" by Kate Salley Palmer (1991) (description)
- "How Many Feet in the Bed" by Kate Salley Palmer (1991)(description)
- "Night of Five Aunties" by Kate Salley Palmer
- "Carolina Shout" by Alan Schroeder (1995)(description)
- Schroeder, Alan, "Smoky Mountain Rose" (32 ps)(description)
- Parton, Dolly, "Coat of Many Colors" (unp)(description)
- Hortsman, Lisa, "The Great Smoky Mountain Salamander Ball
- Harvill, Kitty, (illus) [Donald Davis, author] "Jack and the Animals" (28 ps)(description)
- Houston, Gloria, "The Year of the Perfect Christman Tree" (32 ps)(description)
- Goguen, Robert, "The Almost True Story of Scrawny Chicken"
- Fradin, Dennis B., "Tennessee in Words and Pictures" (description)(48 ps)
- Martin, Jean Chiramonte, "Tennessee and the Great Smokies" Crescent Books, "Nashville, A Picture Book to Remember Her By"
- Van Shelton, Ricky, illustrator, Shan Williams, "Quacker the Duck Series"
- A. R. Flowers - "Cleveland Lee's Beale Street Band" (1996)(32 ps)(description)
- Alice Faye Duncan - "Willie Jerome" (1995)(description)
- Local author: Thomas Burt Allen - "On Grandaddy's Farm"
- Judith Hendershot - "In Coal Country" (1987)(40 ps)(description)[illus Thomas Burt Allen]
- Jean Van Leeuwen - "Across the Wide Dark Sea" (1995) (description)[illus Thomas Burt Allen]
- Jean Van Leeuwen - "Going West" (1992) (description)[illus Thomas Burt Allen]
- Anne Isaacs - "Swamp Angel" (1994)(description)
- Nikki Giovanni - "Knoxville, Tennessee" (1994)(30 ps)(description)
- Caron Lee Cohen (illus Ariane Dewey) - "Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett" (1985)(40 ps)(description)
- Cherry , Lynne, "The Armadillo from Amarillo" (description)(34 ps)
- Jakes, John, "Susanna of the Alamo" (description)(28 ps)
- Matthews, Cahndice, "Gregorio Esparza : Alamo hero" (description)(68 ps)
- Rice, James, "Texas Night Before Christmas"
- Rice, James, "Texas Alphabet"
- Rice, James, "Texas Jack at the Alamo" (description)(32 ps)
- Johnston, Tony, "The Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea" (unp)(description)
- Guiberson, Brenda Z. (Washington author), Spotted Owl: Bird of the Ancient Forest
- Luenn, Nancy (Washington author), Song for the Ancient Forest
- Lewis, Paul Owen (Washington author), Storm Boy
- Hirschi, Ron (Washington author),Fall
- "Apple Picking Time" by Michele Benoit Slawson (1994)(description)
- Apple varieties | Washington varieties | Core facts from Washington
- "Raven" by Gerald McDermott (1993)(32 ps) (description)
- Tricksters in folklore
- "People of Salmon and Cedar" by Ron Hirschi (1996)(42 ps)(description)
- Fishing - Sockeye Salmon | Fishing rights controversy
- "Brother Eagle, Sister Sky" by Susan Jeffers (1991) (description)
- Description of Chief Seattle from an 1887 journal | Chief Seattle | Chief Seattle Speech
- "Clamshell Boy: A Makah Legend" by Terri Cohlene (1990)(description
- "Moon of the Mountain Lions" by Jean Craighead George (1969)(48 ps)(description)
- Mount Olympus | Olympic National Park animals | cougars
- "Come Back Salmon" by Molly Cone (1992)(48 ps) (description)
- salmon links | salmon facts
- Note: Our third graders experience working at a satellite hatchery at Sweetwater Creek
- "Volcano: the Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens" by Patricia Lauber (1986)(60 ps)(description)
- "A Horse's Tale: 10 Adventures in One Hundred Years" by Nancy Luenn
- "No Dear, Not Here" by Jean Davies Okimoto (marbled murrelets)
- marbled murrelets | murrelets described | marbled murrelets - a migratory bird in peril
- endangered species in Washington | research in Washington | animals of washington
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Winter Days in the Big Woods (description)
- Joose, Barbara, Snow Day! (description)
- Henkes, Kevin, Chrysanthemum (description)
- Henkes, Kevin, Julius, the Baby of the World (description)
- Ehlert, Lois, Planting a Rainbow (description)
- Hillestadt, Dori, W is for Wisconsin
