KENTUCKY BOOK LIST

State Figure - In the early years of North American colonization, a boy named Daniel Boone was born to a land of deep forests, exciting wildlife, and unexplored mountains.

Set in the State - Junia is a mule. But she's not just any mule. She's a mule with an important job.

State Figure - In a tiny log cabin a boy listened with delight to the storytelling of his ma and pa. He traced letters in sand, snow, and dust. He borrowed books and walked miles to bring them back.

Set in the State - With paintings that capture all the beauty of Appalachia in authentic detail, this tender story about a resourceful mountain girl's special coat will touchreaders with its affirming message of love and friendship.

State Figure - Long before Abraham Lincoln led the nation or signed the Emancipation Proclamation, he was just a barefoot kid running around Knob Creek, Kentucky.

Set in the State - Cal is not the readin' type. Living way high up in the Appalachian Mountains, he'd rather help Pap plow or go out after wandering sheep than try some book learning.

Set in the State - There were no libraries in the backwoods of Kentucky in the 1930s. Librarians there and throughout the South delivered books to families by horseback and mule.

Set in the State - Born into an African American sharecropping family in 1880s Kentucky, Jimmy Winkfield grew up loving horses.

State History - Mentions evolution - Mary Ann McCabe Riehle offers readers, young and old, the opportunity to take a horseback ride through the rich history and beautiful landscape of the Bluegrass State.

Set in the State - This picture-book biography, Trollinger's debut title, celebrates a legendary African American jockey.

Set in the State - When his friend, Floyd Collins, becomes trapped in a cave in Kentucky in 1925, ten-year-old Arly places himself in great danger while trying to help with the rescue operation.