Author: Peter Sis
Title: The Train of States
Illustrator: Peter Sis
Genre: Picture book, Informational
Subgenre: United States
Theme: Learning about the States
Primary and Secondary Characters: None
Awards: Book Links Lasting Connection, Parents' Choice Gold Award, ALA Notable Children’s Book, New York Public Library's "One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing"
Publishing Company: Green Willow Books/ Harper Collins Publishers
Date of Publication: 2007
Brief Summary and How to Use With Students:
On this train each cart is a different state that gives the states motto, flower, insect, animal, date of statehood, capital, flag, source of name, a fun fact, and much more. Each cart also has fun drawings of people, places, or objects that the state is known for. The end of the book also has questions to ask students about the pages and pictures as they read. For Tennessee it adds facts about the Grand Ole Opry, Davy Crockett, and asks what the differences are between the state commercial fish the channel catfish and the state game fish the largemouth bass.
