MINNESOTA BOOK LIST

State History - Mentions evolution - From its primeval Itasca State Park to the sophistication of its Twin Cities, the state of Minnesota is a study of contrasts and long-held traditions.

Set in the State - Chapter Book for Ages 7+ - Helga and Erik could not believe their eyes. There were grasshoppers everywhere, and they were eating the crops!

State Nature - Root shows what happens when we work to restore the prairies, encouraging readers to “plant a pocket of prairie” in their own backyards.

Set in the State - Chapter Book for Ages 8+ - There are lots of children on Hill Street, but no little girls Betsy's age. So when a new family moves into the house across the street, Betsy hopes they will have a little girl she can play with.

Set in the State - As a young boy, Bao and his father awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis.

Set in the State - Chapter Books for Ages 8+ - Kirsten Larson and her family arrive in America in 1854, after a long sea voyage. Everything looks so different from the life Kirsten knew back in Sweden

State Nature - Five toads hop, four brook trout swim, three elk graze, two loons call, and one beaver gnaws on a paper birch tree, all under one North Star.

Set in the State - When the influenza epidemic strikes Duluth, Minnesota, in 1918, Marven's parents send their son far away from the danger of the disease.

Set in the State - Rhoda is on a long, long hike with her aunt and uncle, each of them carrying backpacks of gear as they walk through the north woods.

Set in the State - Andy Oyler is the shortest player on the Minneapolis Millers baseball team, not to mention in the whole league. And no matter how hard he tries, he can’t seem to get a hit.

Set in the State - Chapter Book for Ages 8+ - The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the prairie and travel in their covered wagon to Minnesota.

Set in the State - In Larry the adorable pooch's latest adventure, he goes on vacation with Pete and his family to Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Set in the State - "When Grandma tucks her pants into her oversized boots and grabs her walking stick, I run to catch up," reports a young girl charmed by her visits to Grandma's north woods home.

Set in the State - The Legend of Minnesota tells the story of an enduring friendship between an Ojibwe girl and a Dakotah boy, and how their kindness toward one another gives the beautiful land of Minnesota its name.

Set in the State - Chapter Book for Ages 6+ - What do you do when a moose takes over your town? Three young boys try to save a moose through the cold Minnesota winter.

State Figure - These are dark times . . . for a small mouse. A new invention—the mechanical mousetrap—has caused all the mice but one to flee to America, the land of the free.