KANSAS BOOK LIST

Set in the State - Ten-year-old Orry Jenkins is sick and tired of the dust. The year is 1935 and Kansas hasn’t gotten enough rain in years.

State History - Mentions evolution - Nicknamed the "world's breadbasket," the contributions from the great state of Kansas reverberate far beyond its borders.

State Figure - Chapter Book for Ages 6+ - Laura Ingalls and her family are heading to Kansas! Leaving behind their home in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, they travel by covered wagon until they find the perfect spot to build a little house on the prairie.

State Figure - Laura, Pa, Ma, Mary, and baby Carrie have traveled from the Big Woods to the prairie in their covered wagon, driving through tall grass until they found just the right spot for their new home.

Set in the State - Minnie keeps her growing kids busy—they plant in the spring, harvest in the summer, and can in the fall. But when a wild twister sweeps through the farm one spring day, everything turns topsy-turvy.

Set in the State - This stirring picture book tells the dramatic story, following bison from the Plains Indians to the cowboys, Teddy Roosevelt to the Dust Bowl, and from the brink of extinction to the majestic herds that now roam our national parks.

Set in the State - When Dede sees a notice offering land to black people in Kansas, her family decides to give up their life of sharecropping to become homesteading pioneers in the Midwest

State Figure - It’s a fond good-bye to the Big Woods as Laura and her family pack up the covered wagon and begin their journey westward to the prairie.

Set in the State - In 2007, a tornado destroyed Greensburg, Kansas, and the residents were at a loss as to what to do next―they didn't want to rebuild if their small town would just be destroyed in another storm.

Set in the State - A young boy and his father share the magic of climbing the "Kansas mountains."

Set in the State - Chapter Book for Ages 6+ - Based on a true story, Wagon Wheels tells a powerful and overlooked story of the country's post-Civil War era.

Set in the State - Junius walked west and stopped in Kansas. Working for a pittance on a small potato farm was no reason to feel sorry for himself, especially when he's made foreman. But Junius did dream of owning his own farm, so he did the next best thing.

State Figure - Laura and her family are journeying across the flat Kansas prairie to find a new home. There are gophers and rabbits to play with in the daytime, and a cozy camp awaits at night.

Set in the State - When Aunt Minnie McGranahan inherits nine orphaned nephews and nieces, the neighbors think it will never work.

Set in the State - One day in early spring they packed everything they had into our wagon, and set out to find a new home.