Exploring the United States through Literature describes the best of current print and nonprint materials teachers can use with their students to study individual states. Each volume covers a different geographic area and presents selected materials that represent the uniquely rich and varied history, diversity, geography, industries, resources, famous people, and contemporary culture of each state in that region. Much more than a series of detailed bibliographies, the volumes in the Exploring the United States through Literature series also describe classroom-tested activities that directly relate to each source.

CAROL A. DOLL is associate professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is author of Evaluating Educational Software and Nonfiction Books for Children: Activities for Thinking, Learning, and Doing, and coauthor of Collection Analysis for the School Library Media Center: A Practical Approach.