A to Z United States Geography

K is for Kansas
Capital: Topeka
State Bird: Western Meadowlark
State Flower: Sunflower
Story: Aunt Minnie and the Twister by Mary Skillings Prigger
c. 2002 [EF Prigger]
After a tornado rearranges their Kansas house, Aunt Minnie and the nine nieces and nephews living with her add on a much-needed new room.

You can learn more about tornadoes at FEMA for Kids.

Want to read some more about Kansas?
Fiction:
Airball: My Life in Briefs by Lisa Harkrader c. 2005 [JF Harkrader]
Prairie Day by Laura Wilder c.1997 [EF Wilder]
Climbing Kansas Mountains by George Shannon c. 1993 [EF Shannon]
Non-fiction:
Kansas by Jose Obregon c. 2006 [E917.81 Obergon]
Kansas by Christine Taylor Butler c. 2006 [ER TaylorBu]
Kansas by Scott Ingram c. 2003 [J 917.81 Ingram]

K is for Kentucky
Capital: Frankfort
State Bird: Cardinal
State Flower: Goldenrod
Story:The House in the Mail by Rosemary and Tom Wells c.2002 [EF Wells]
In 1927, Emily describes the ordering, arrival, and assembly of a mail-order house for her growing family.

Learn more about the Sears,Roebuck & Company's mail-order Modern Homes.

Want to read some more about Kentucky?
Fiction:
Jason Post: Magic at the Downs by Jon Jarmes c. 2005 [JF Jarmes]
Poor is Just a Starting Place by Leslie Wyatt c. 2005 [JF Wyatt]
We Played Marbles by Tres Seymour c.1998 [EF Seymour]
Ragsale by Artie Ann Bates c.1995 [EF Bates]
Non-fiction:
Kentucky by Kim Valzania c. 2003 [ER Valzania]
Daniel Boone by Janet Riehecky c. 2003 [J Bio Boone]

L is for Louisiana
Capital: Baton Rouge
State Bird: Eastern Brown Pelican
State Flower: Magnolia
Story:Feliciana Meets d'loup Garou by Tynia Thomassie
c.1998 [EF Thomassie]
Spunky Feliciana Feydra LeRoux outsmarts the Cajun boogeyman
who pays nightime visits to misbehaving children.

Want to read some more about Louisiana?
Fiction:
Chicken Joy on Redbean Road by Jacqueline Martin c. 2007 [EF Martin]
Epossimondas saves the day by Coleen Salley c. 2006 [EF Salley]
The Jazz of our Street by Fatima Shaik c. 1998 [EF Shaik]
Why Lapin's Ears are Long by Sharon Doucet c. 1997 [J398.2 Doucet]
Non-fiction:
Louisiana Purchase by Gloria Schlaepfer c. 2005 [J973.46 Schlaepfer]
Louisiana by Ellen Macaulay c. 2003 [J917.63 Macaulay]

Do you know where each of the states is located on the map?

Try the 50 States Game to see how good you really are.