A to Z United States Geography

W is for Washington
Capital: Olympia
State Flower: Coast Rhododendron
State Bird: Willow Goldfinch
Story: Mary was a Little Lamb by Gloria Rand c. 2004
[E Fiction Rand]
Mrs. Paradise figures out what to do with Mary, a wayward, abandoned lamb. Based on a true story.
Video: This Lamb has been to School!
Want to read more about Washington?
Fiction:
Journal of Curious Letters by James Dashner c. 2008 [JF Dashner]
Grape Thief by Kristine Franklin c. 2003 [JF Franklin]
Non-fiction:
Washington by Susan LaBella c. 2006 [ER LaBella]
Washington by Christine Webster c. 2003 [J 917.97 Webster]
Washington Facts and Symbols by Emily McAuliffe c. 1999
[E 917.97 McAuliffe]


W is for West Virginia
Capital: Charleston
State Flower: Rhododendron
State Bird: Cardinal
Story:More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby c. 1995
[EF Bradby]
Nine-year-old Booker works with his father and brother at the saltworks but dreams of the day when he'll be able to read.
Video: Quotations from Booker T. Washington
Want to read more about West Virginia?
Fiction:
Billy Creekmore by Tracey Porter c. 2007 [JF Porter]
Way Down Deep by Ruth White c. 2007 [JF White]
Haunting of Swain's Fancy by Brenda Seabrooke c. 2003 [J Mystery Seabrooke]
Non-fiction:
West Virginia by Susan LaBella c. 2006 [ER LaBella]
West Virginia by Barbara Somervill c. 2003 [J 917.54 Somervill]
West Virginia Facts and Symbols by Kathy Feeney c. 2000 [E 917.54 Feeney]



W is for Wisconsin
Capital: Madison
State Flower: Wood Violet
State Bird: Robin
Story: Summertime in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
c. 1996 [EF Wilder]
A little girl and her pioneer family spend a summer in the Big Woods of Wisconsin.
Video: Laura Ingalls Wilder Report
Want to read more about Wisconsin?
Fiction:
Bird Lake Moon by Kevin Henkes c.2008 [JF Henkes]
A Little House of their Own by Celia Wilkins c. 2005 [JF Wilkins]
Ida B: and her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster.... c. 2004 [JF Hannigan]
Right Here on the Spot by Sharon Addy c. 1999 [EF Addy]
Non-fiction:
How to Draw Wisconsin's Sights and Sounds by Stephanie Peters c. 2002 [J 917.75 Peters]
Wisconsin by Bettina Ling c. 2002 [J 917.75 Ling]
Century Farm by Cris Peterson c. 1999 [E 630 Peterson]


W is for Wyoming
Capital: Cheyenne
State Flower: Indian Paintbrush
State Bird: Missouri Meadow-lark
Story: True Heart by Marissa Moss c. 1999 [EF Moss]
At the turn of the century, a young woman who works on the railroad accomplishes her yearning ambition to become an engineer when a male engineer is injured and can't drive his train.
Video: Wyoming Steam Engines

Want to read more about Wyoming?
Fiction:
A Blizzard Year by Gretel Ehrlich c. 1999 [JF Ehrlich]
Red Dog by Bill Wallace c. 1987 [JF Wallace]
Non-fiction:
A Young Shepard by Cat Urbigkit c. 2006 [E 636.3 Urbigkit]
Wyoming by Alexandra Hanson-Harding c. 2003 [J 917.87 Hanson]
Wyoming Facts and Symbols by Muriel Dubois c. 2000 [E 917.87 Dubois]