Monday, May 1, 2023

Wyoming

We made it to our final state! (Don't worry, we also learned about DC and the US overseas territories). 

Books:

  • Wyoming by Jim Ollhoff

  • C is for Cowboy: A Wyoming Alphabet by Eugene Gagliano

  • Grand Teton National Park (Rookie National Parks) by Jodie Shepherd

  • Yellowstone Moran: Painting the American West by Lita Judge

  • Jackalope by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel

  • The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola

  • I Could Do That: Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote by Linda White 

    • or When Esther Morris Headed West by Connie Wooldridge

  • Volcano Dreams: A Story of Yellowstone by Janet Fox

  • Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner

  • Dinosaur Hunter by Elaine Marie Alphin

  • Charlie’s Raven by Jean Craighead George

  • Paint the Wind by Pam Muñoz Ryan

  • My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara

  • Ancient Wyoming: A Dozen Lost Worlds Based on the Geology of the Bighorn Basin

  • Article: https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Nellie-Tayloe-Ross/276795 

  • The Menagerie by Tui Sutherland (author of the Wings of Fire series)

  • Red Cloud’s War by Paul Goble

  • The Wind Called My Name by Mary Louise Sanchez

  • Skies Like These by Tess Hilmo

  • The Wolves of Yellowstone by Catherine Barr

Art Project:

Yellowstone National Park

For Wyoming our art project depicts Yellowstone National Park. Completed using colored sharpie, oil pastel, and water colors.