A is for Apartment. B is for Beach House. C is for Cajun Cottage. This alphabetical survey spans over three centuries of architecture, highlighting the diversity of American homes. Whether your house is made of wood, snow, or even junk, and whether you live on land, on water, or in a tree, a house becomes a home when you share it with people you love....

In Natural Numbers: An Arkansas Number Book readers can step back in time and see ancient cave paintings from the last Ice Age, count the thrills as they ride the rapids of White River, or add up the many ways that milk (the state drink) does a body good....

Illustrated by Rick Anderson

Discover the unspoiled beauty of Arkansas in N is for Natural State: An Arkansas Alphabet. Acansa is the Sioux Indian name for the state we know today as Arkansas and this begins our alphabet journey. Next you'll find Blanchard Springs Cavern with its 80,000 bats and then to D is for Diamonds, and learn the Natural State is the only state that mines them. Illustrator Rick Anderson's rich and colorful images bring the beautiful vision of Arkansas to all readers....

Did you know that natives of the Northwest used dried sharkskin to sand totem poles? Or that horses were called medicine dogs, because dogs had been used to aid in hunting before horses were introduced by Europeans? In "D is for Drum: A Native America Alphabet," readers will get an A-Z introduction to the many customs and cultures of the first people of this beautiful land. Bison, teepees, Kachinas and dugout canoes will all help to paint a fascinating picture of the more than 500 indigenous tribes inhabiting the Americas....

When Govenor Brown called for 2,800 Tennesseans to fight in the Mexican war in 1847 and more than 30,000 volunteered, Tennessee earned the nickname "The Volunteer State." Discover Tennessee's nautral wonders and fascinating history. "V is for Volunteer" stimulates children to learn about their state through familiar Tennessee icons such as the Grand Ole Opry and Graceland. And lifelong Tennesseans will enjoy reading about the Jubilee singers and W.C. Handy....

From Mississippi's hills in the north to its southern shores, M is for Magnolia: A Mississippi Alphabet will educate as it entertains with its fascinating state facts. Presented in a two-tier format with simple poems for young readers and expository text for older students Magnolia is a delightful trip through this fascinating southern state richly detailed with bright illustrations. From bottlenose dolphin near the shore to Grenada Lake for fishing and more; gaze at Longwood, the home frozen in time and finally board the Mississippi Queen for a memorable trip down the "Old Man River." ...

1 Mississippi 2 Mississippi is the fitting follow-up to the companion state alphabet book "M is for Magnolia." This fun, colorful, and superbly informative book teaches children about numbers using recognizable places, events and facts from Mississippi. Numbers throughout the book are explained with simple rhymes for younger children and are accompanied by detailed expository text for older learners....

"Count on Us: A Tennessee Number Book" is the fitting follow-up title to the successful children's pictorial "V is for Volunteer: A Tennessee Alphabet." This fun, colorful, and superbly informative book teaches children about numbers using recognizable places, events, and facts from this great state. As elementary students grasp the concept and visual of 30 purple passion flowers, they'll also learn that the passion flower is the state wildflower and that Native Americans in Tennessee used the plants to help heal cuts and bruises. Numbers throughout the book are explained with a simple rhyme for younger children and are accompanied by detailed expository text for older learners....

A is for Apartment. B if for Beach House. C is for Cajun Cottage. This alphabetical survey spans over three centuries of architecture, highlighting the diversity of American homes. Whether your house is made of wood, snow, or even junk, and whether you live on land, on water, or in a tree, a house becomes a home when you share it with people you love....