A to Z United State Geography

M is for Minnesota
Capital: St Paul
State Bird: Common Loon
State Flower:Pink and white Lady Slippers
Story: Marvin of the Great North Woods by Kathryn Lasky c. 1997
[EF Laskey]
When his Jewish parents send him to a Minnesota logging camp to escape the influenza epidemic of 1918, ten-year-old Marven finds a special friend.
Video: Logging With Horses
What to read more about Minnesota:
Fiction:
Land of the Buffalo Bones by Marion Bauer c. 2003 [JF Dearamerica Bauer]
Dear Papa by Anne Ylvisaker c. 2002 [JF Ylvisaker]
Clouds of Terror by Catherine Welch c. 1994 [ER Welch]
Antler, Bear, Canoe: A Northwoods Alphabet Year by Betsy Bowen c. 1991 [EP Bowen]
Non-fiction:
Minnesota by Judy Hasdey c.2003 [J917.76 Hasdey]
The Best You Can Be by Kirby Puckett c. 1993 [E Bio Puckett]


M is for Mississippi
Capital: Jackson
State Bird: Northern Mockingbird
State Flower: Magnolia
Story: Good-bye, Charles Lindbergh by Louise Borden c. 1998
[EF Borden]
A farm boy meets his hero, Colonel Charles Lindbergh, when he lands his bi-plane in a field near Canton, Mississippi, in 1929.
Video: Learn more about Charles Lindbergh.

What to read more about Mississippi:
Fiction:
Aurora County All-Stars by Deborah Wiles c. 2007 [JF Wiles]
Crossing Bok Chitto by Tim Tingle c. 2006 [EF Tingle]
Each Little Bird that Sings by Deborah Wiles c. 2005 [JF Wiles]
Non-fiction:
Mississippi by Barbara Somervill c. 2003 [J917.62 Somervill]
Mississippi by Diane Siebert c. 2001 [E976.2 Siebert]


M is for Missouri
Capital: Jefferson City
State Bird: Eastern Bluebird
State Flower: Hawthorn
Story: The Great Shaking by Jo Carson c. 1994
[EF Carson]
A bear who was there describes three earthquakes in Missouri, in 1811 and 1812,
and their aftermath.
Video: New Madrid Earthquake
Want to read more about Missouri:
Fiction:
A Friendship for Today by Pat McKissack c. 2007 [JF McKissack]
When the River Ran Backwards by Emily Crofford c. 2000 [JF Crofford]
Ragtime Tumpie by Alan Schroeder c. 1989 [E Bio Baker]
Non-fiction:
Missouri by Mary Lago c. 2003 [J917.78 Lago]
A Kid's Guide to Kansas City by Diana Meyer c. 2002 [J917.7841 Meyer]
M is for Missouri by Carol Greene c. 2000 [E977.8 Greene]


M is for Montana
Capital: Helena
State Bird: Western Meadowlark
State Flower: Bitterroot
Story: Whitefish Will Rides Again! by Arthur Yorinks c. 1994
[EF Yorkinks]
Whitefish Will was the mightiest lawman in the history of the Old West. but then the penny-pinching townsfolk put him out to pasture... So what happens when the meanest gang of outlaws threatens the entire town?
Video: Tall Tale of Pecos Bill

Want to read more about Montana:
Fiction:
Dog Sense by Collard Sneed c. 2005 [JF Sneed]
When the Circus Came to Town by Lawrence Yep c. 2002 [JF Yep]
Brave Wolf and the Thunderbird by Joseph Medicine Crow c.1998 [E398.2 Medicine]
Non-fiction:
Montana by Rita LaDoux c. 2003 [J917.86 LaDoux]
The Story of "Stagecoach" Mary Fields by Robert Miller c. 1994 [E Bio Fields]