A to Z United States Geography

N is for Nebraska
Capital: Lincoln
State Bird: Western Meadowlark
State Flower: Goldenrod
Story: Dandelions by Eve Bunting c.1995 [EF Bunting]
Zoe and her family find strength in each other as they make a new
home in the Nebraska territory.
Videos: Nebraska's Diversity/NE's Earliest Western Movie

Want to read more about Nebraska?
Fiction:
Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements c. 2006 [J Mystery Clements]
Worth by A. LaFaye c. 2004 [J Fiction LaFaye]
Prairie Friends by Nancy Levinson c. 2003 [ER Levinson]
Non-Fiction:
Nebraska by Myra Weatherly c. 2003 [J917.82 Weatherly]
How to Draw Nebraska's Sights and Symbols by Aileen Weintraub c. 2002 [J917.82 Weintraub]


N is for Nevada:
Capital: Carson City
State Bird: Mountain Bluebird
State Flower: Sagebrush
Story: Ride Like the Wind: A Tale of the Pony Express by Bernie Fuchs c. 2004 [EF Fuchs]
In Nevada in 1861, a young Pony Express rider races for his life, pursued by seven Paiute warriors who are determined to drive white settlers out of their territory.
Video: Two Pony Express Museums

Want to read more about Nevada?
Fiction:
Wild One by Terri Farley c. 2002 [J Fiction Farley]
Runaways by Zilpha Snyder c. 1999 [J Fiction Snyder]
Non-fiction:
Nevada by Suzanne Williams c. 2003 [J917.93 Williams]
How to Draw Nevada's Sights and Symbols by Eric Fein c. 2002 [J917.53 Fein]
Nevada Facts and Symbols by Karen Gibson c. 2001 [E917.93 Gibson]


N is for New Hampshire
Capital: Concord
State Bird: Purple Finch
State Flower: Purple Lilac
Story: Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall c. 1979 [EF Hall]
Describes the day-to-day life of an early-nineteenth-century
New England family throughout the changing seasons.
Video: New Hampshire and Ox Pulling

Want to read more about New Hampshire?
Fiction:
Granite Baby by Lynne Bertrand c. 2005 [EFBertrand]
Lucy's Summer by Donald Hall c. 1995 [EF Hall]
Non-Fiction:
New Hampshire by Michael Teitelbaum c. 2004 [J974.2 Teitelbaum]
New Hampshire by Terry Shannon c. 2002 [J917.42 Shannon]
New Hampshire Facts and Symbols by Muriel Dubois c.2000 [E917.42 Dubois]


N is for New Jersey
Capital: Trenton
State Bird: Eastern Goldfinch
State Flower: Violet
Story: Bad Bears in the Big City by Daniel Pinkwater c.2003 [EF Pinkwater]
Irving and Muktuk, two muffin-eating polar bears from the frozen north, have some trouble fitting into life at the zoo in Bayonne, New Jersey.
Video: Polar Bear Humor and Pictures
Want to read more about New Jersey?
Fiction:
Penny from Heaven by Jennifer Holm c. 2006 [JF Holm]
Amber Brown is Green with Envy by Paula Danziger c. 2003 [JF Danziger]
Battlefield Ghost by Margery Cuyler c. 1999 [JF Cuyler]
Non-Fiction:
New Jersey by Susan Evento c. 2004 [ER Evento]
New Jersey by Jon Sterngass c. 2004 [J974.9 Sterngass]