Playful Pioneers Volume 2 is an excellent overview of United States history and geography with beautiful living books and a chronological and regional focus.
Each month features a different geographical region and the resource concludes with a two week focus on the United States Constitution. Families who loved the original Playful Pioneers will love this resource.
New England States
Pilgrims, Whaling, Colonial Life
The Bible
The Landing of the Pilgrims by James Daugherty
Squanto’s Journey by Joseph Bruchac
Many Hands: A Penobscot Indian Story by Angeli Perrow
The 50 States by Gabrielle Balkan
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker by Robbie Robertson (Some illustrations may be intense for young children)
On the Mayflower by Kate Waters
Mid-Atlantic States
Revolutionary War, Inventions, Early Presidents
The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz
Why Don’t You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? by Jean Fritz
The Boy Who Drew Birds by Jacqueline Davies
Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? by Jean Fritz
The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz
They Called Her Molly Pitcher by Anne Rockwell
Thomas Jefferson by Cheryl Harness
Liberty or Death by Betsy Maestro
The Midwestern States
Great Lakes, Native Americans, Lewis and Clark
Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling
Of Courage Undaunted by James Daugherty
Pond Life: Golden Guides by George Reid
The Southern states
The Civil War, Black History, Appalachia
Minn of the Mississippi by Holling C.Holling
Freedom Train by Dorothy Sterling
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
Vision of Beauty by Kathryn Lasky
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
The Southwestern States
Missions, Settlers, Trails
Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling
The Missions of Texas by Janet Levy
The Oklahoma Land Run by Una Belle Townsend
The Rocky Mountain States
Railroad, Industry, Cowboys
Little Britches by Ralph Moody
Rocks and Minerals by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
How Mountains are Made by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Ride on Will Cody by Caroline Starr Rose
Alternate:Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express by Eleanor Coerr
DK Eyewitness Horse by Juliet Clutton-Brock
C is for Cowboy: A Wyoming Alphabet by Eugene M Gagliano
Ten Mile Day by Mary Ann Fraser
Alice Across America by Sarah Glenn Marsh
The Camping Trip That Changed America by Barb Rosenstock
The Pacific States and The Constitution
Sea Life, Great Depression, Migrant Workers, War, Constitution
The Circuit by Francisco Jimènez
Dorothea’s Eyes by Barb Rosenstock
Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson
Pearl Harbor by Stephen Krensky
The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill
My Grandfather’s War by Glyn Harper and Jenny Cooper
Alternate: The Wall by Eve Bunting
A More Perfect Union by Betsy and Giulio Maestro
The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence
Our Country's Presidents: A Complete Encyclopedia of the U.S. Presidency, by Ann Bausum
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