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Introduction

The Northeast States

Map
Facts
Watercolor Maine C. Drew Lamm
Islands in Boston Harbor David McCord
New England Lighthouse Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Gulls and Buoys Anne LeMieux
City Blockades Lee Bennett Hopkins
Frost's Farm Road James Hayford
Vermont Conversation Patricia Hubbell

The Capital

Map
Facts
Washington, D.C. Rebecca Kai Dotlich

The Southeast States

Map
Facts
Kentucky Lee Bennett Hopkins
Knoxville, Tennessee Nikki Giovanni
Bourbon and Canal Brod Bagert and Charles Smith
The Mississippi Tom Robert Shields
Alabama Earth (At Booker Washington's Grave) Langston Hughes
Some Rivers Frank Asch

The Great Lakes States

Map
Facts
from Crossing Ohio When Poppies Bloom in Ashtabula Carl Sandburg
This Is Indiana Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Tonight in Chicago Anonymous
Dear Cousin Kathryn Allen Ilitch
Wisconsin in Feb-b-rr-uary Lee Bennett Hopkins
Front Porch Leslie Nelson Jennings
Farmer Prince Redcloud
Pine Tree Tops Gary Snyder

The Plains States

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Facts
Midwest Town Ruth De Long Peterson
Kansas Boy Ruth Lechlitner
Laughing Corn Carl Sandburg
Nebraska Jon Swan
Grandpa's Trees Barbara M. Hales
Sioux Lullaby Prince Redcloud
Winter Dark Lilian Moore

The Mountain States

Map
Facts
"For Purple Mountains' Majesty" Myra Cohn Livingston
Boulder, Colorado X.J. Kennedy
Driving Montana Kris Aro McLeod
Idaho Kaye Starbird
Snow Country Dave Etter
Skier Robert Francis
Zion National Park -- Utah Fran Haraway
Until We Built a Cabin Aileen Fisher

The Southwest States

Map
Facts
Lifeline Shonto Begay
Cactus April Halprin Wayland
Desert Lillian M. Fisher
The Hawk Douglas Florian
Santa Fe, New Mexico April Halprin Wayland
March in New Mexico Elizabeth Coatsworth
Grand Canyon Colors Tom Robert Shields

The Pacific Coast States

Map
Facts
California Missions Ann Whitford Paul
California Ghost Town Fran Haraway
Behind the Redwood Curtain Natasha Wing
Seattle Morning Lee Bennett Hopkins
Alaska Joaquin Miller
Mauna Loa Tom Robert Shields

Acknowledgments
Index of Authors
Index of Titles
Index of First Lines