Finishing up our 50 states project with a unit on US overseas territories. We struggled with finding kids books on territories other than Puerto Rico, but we made a effort to still learn at least a bit on each.
Books on Puerto Rico:
Puerto Rico (My United States: A True Book) by Nelson Yomtov
Coquí in the city by Nomar Perez
Parrots over Puerto Rico by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore
Schomburg : the man who built a library by Carole Boston Weatherford
My Grandparents and I / Mis Abuelos y Yo by Samuel Caraballo
The golden flower : a Taino myth from Puerto Rico by Nina Jaffe
Roberto Clemente : pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates by Jonah Winter
Juan Bobo goes to work : a Puerto Rican folktale, retold by Marisa Montes
Across the bay by Carlos Aponte
Maxy survives the hurricane by Ricia Anne Chansky
Broken butterfly wings / Alas de mariposa rotas by Raquel M. Ortiz
My Name is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada
Books on Other Territories:
U.S. Territories and Possessions by Jada Bradley
U.S. territories by Sylvia McNair
Sina and the Eel: Samoan Myth
Tim Duncan : champion on and off the court by J. Chris Roselius (Virgin Islands)
Efa and the Mosquito by Alscess Lewis Brown (Virgin Islands) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1hXEapsN-U
Resources:
The National Geographic Kids States page has articles on each of the territories at the end: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/geography/states
Puerto Rico Capitol: https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/prvi/pr5.htm
American Samoa Arts/Culture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9clsR3_2OYE&t=34s
Guam culture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlsZX6Lt8VE
Northern Mariana Islands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIkjMA0S1Fg
US Virgin Islands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehcI_h0kMVI
Virgin Islands National Park: https://www.nps.gov/viis/index.htm
National Park of American Samoa: https://www.nps.gov/npsa/index.htm
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