Showing posts with label United States Geography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United States Geography. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

USA study: Wyoming






C is for Cowboy
by Eugene Gagliano

The Shape of Betts Meadow
by Nuttall Sayres










Blessings!!

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

USA study: Alaska




Kavik:  The Wolf Dog DVD


A Child's Glacier Bay
by Kimberly Corral


L is for Lost Frontier
by  Carol Crane


Under Alaska's Midnight Sun
by Deb Vanasse



















Blessings!!

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

USA study: California




Nine For California
by Sonia Levitin


Maybelle The Cable Car
by Virginia Lee Burton


Nate the Great San Francisco Detective
by Majorie Sharmat



Gold Fever
by Verla Kay


G is for Gold
by David Domeniconi


Condor's Egg
by Jonathan London


Stranded in the Snow
by Tim O'Shei











Blessings!!

USA study: Nevada






Iktomi and the Buzzard
by Paul Goble


The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
by Tomie dePaolo


Survival in the Snow
by Ginger Wadsworth


S is for Silver
by Eleanor Coerr














Blessings!!





Tuesday, August 25, 2015

USA study: Washington




E is for Evergreen
by Marie & Roland Smith


Washington The Evergreen State
by Tika Downey



Olympic National Park
by Sharlene and Ted Nelsen


The Apple State Treasure Hunt
by Katherine Hengel











Blessings!!

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

USA study: Utah





A is for Arches
by Becky Hall


Cowboy Country
by Ann Herbert Scott


White Water
by Jonathan and Aaron London


Grandfather's Gold Watch
by Louise Garff Hubbard


Arches National Park
by David Peterson



The Dinosaur Tamer
by Carol Greathouse










Blessings!!

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

USA study: Montana








B is for Big Sky Country
by Sneed Collard III


A Picture Book of Sacagawea
by David Adler


Once we had a Horse
by Glen Rounds



Glacier National Park
by Jenny Market


Tuesday, August 4, 2015

USA study: Oregan





Tulip Sees America

by Cynthia Rylant and Lisa Desimini


Roughing it on the Oregon Trail
by Diane Stanley


B is for Beaver
by Marie and Roland Smith



Oregon's Journey
by Rascal





Tuesday, July 28, 2015

USA study: Missouri

State facts:
     1.  Ice cream cones were invented here at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair when an ice cream vendor ran out of dishes and rolled waffles into cones and filled them.
     2.  Missouri is the country's leading grower of black walnuts.
     3.  The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is the tallest monument in the US.



River Boy The Story of Mark Twain
by William Anderson


S is for Show Me A Missouri Alphabet
by Judy Young


Missouri
by Julie Murray


Fiddlin' Sam
y Marianna Dengler


There Goes Lowell's Party!
by Esther Hershenhorn


The Gateway Arch in Missouri


Tuesday, July 21, 2015

USA study: Idaho

State facts:

     1.  One of the biggest sawmills in the world is in Idaho.
     2.  81 mountain ranges are in Idaho.





Firestorm
by Jean Craighead George



Snowboard Twist
by Jean Craighead George


P is for Potato
by Stan and Joy Steiner


Potato, A Tale from the Great Depression
by Kate Lied


Mudgy and Millie
by Susan Nipp



Idaho Saw mill tour




Blessings!!


Tuesday, July 14, 2015

USA study: Colorado


State facts:

      1.  Katherine Lee Bates wrote the words to America the Beautiful after looking out from Pikes Peak.
      2.  Colorado has more high mountains than any other state.
      3.  The Barbie Doll was invented here by Ruth Hadler.
      4.  Th biggest silver nugget was found in Aspen weighing 1,840 pounds.




Stones, Bones, and Petroglyphs
by Susan Goodman


Native Americans and Mesa Verde
by Hazel Mary Martell


Coyote and the Laughing Butterflies
by Harriet Peck Taylor


C is for Centennial
by Louise Whitney



Secrets of the Stone
by Harriet Peck Taylor


America the Beautiful






Blessings!!