We love books at our house and I love to seek out books both new and old to share with my children. We are fortunate to be able to travel, mostly to see family and friends. To get ready for a trip I hit the library for some non-fiction books to learn about the area and pull out any resources I might already have. Once our oldest kiddo was ready for some longer stories I looked for books that featured the place we were going. All our travel is within the United States and I thought it would be easy to pick up a few fiction books that featured a specific locale, turns out it's not as easy as I would've thought.
So, I'm making my own list! I've started my list with The Boxcar Children created by Gertrude Chandler Warner.
Now, this is just my list so I might've missed a book that featured a location, especially since I didn't actually read all of these books; the list is organized by state and at the end are Washington D.C. and regions that span more than one state. I have typically not included books about "the beach" or "in a wild west town".
State Resources Books - The Boxcar Children
Alaska: Special #12
Arizona: #52
California: #51 (San Francisco), #57
Florida: #41 (Key West), #66 (Everglades NP), Special #20
Hawaii: #64
Illinois: Special #10 (Chicago)
Iowa: #101
Kansas: #105
Louisiana: Special #19
Michigan: Special #9
Missouri: #20 (Hannibal)
Montana: #139
New Jersey: #131
New York: #38 (New York City), Special #8 (Niagara Falls), Special #13
North Carolina: #77
Oregon: #132
Pennsylvania: #123 (Philadelphia)
South Carolina: #54 (Charleston)
Texas: #58 (The Alamo)
Vermont: #90
Virginia: #63
Washington: #111 (Seattle)
West Virginia: #59
Wisconsin: #98
Wyoming: #61 (Yellowstone)
Washington D.C. - Special #2
Navajo Reservation- #37
New England - #39, Special #3
The Rockies - #71
South Sea Islands (South Carolina, Georgia, Florida) - #6
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
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