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Hi, I am looking for picture books about California. Anyone have any favorites? actually.......ANY books!
I was inspired to decide to spend the summer reading about CA history......(and James Herriot, too!)........esp. since we will be taking another month long trip next fall through CA.
We get to visit with Willa, Robynn and Erica (hi, Erica!) among other CCM friends. In fact, anyone living from Sacramento to San Diego interested in meeting up.........we MAY be able to do so!
Thanks,
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We have a humorous one called Nine for California by Sonia Levitin. Here is a description:
A mother and five children travel from the east coast to California in an overland stagecoach. Exciting incidents that happen during the trip are based on the letters and diaries of real travelers. Includes a map of the family's route on the endpapers and the ''anatomy of a stagecoach'' on the lower cover.
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Chari,
I will have to go look at the book shelf for books about California... (my mind is very sllloooowww today)... but it would be cool to meet up with you on your trip! I'm here in the SF Bay and am still sorry I can't go camping (that brother-in -law of mine just has to get married... )... 
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Sonia Levitin also has Boom Town about a California gold rush boom town.
And I love the Leo Politi books, most of which are set in California.
Little Pancho
Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street Charles
Juanita Charles
Song of the Swallows (Caldecott Book)
A Boat for Peppe
Little Leo
The Mission Bell
The Butterflies Come
Moy Moy
Rosa
Lito and the Clown
Bunker Hill
Piccolo's Prank
The Poinsettia
Mieko
Emmet
The Nicest Gift
Three Stalks of Corn
Mr. Fong's Toyshop
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Hi Chari! Can you believe I am just checking in after two weeks on the road and one week of VBS! I've been meaning to write a huge 'thank you' and accounts of our visit to your beautiful home - which I will, maybe over in the fireside section.
This is all I came up with, some are chapter books - there must be more!!
Gold Rush
By The Great Horn Spoon!
Treasure in the Stream: The Story of the California Gold Rush
Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diaries of Susanna Fairchild
Treasure in the Stream
The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner (does anyone have experience with this author, Yep?)
Striking It Rich
San Francisco
Journey Around San Francisco From A to Z (beautiful picture book!! the rainbow flag was, unfortunately, on the inside covers, but not on the F or R pages)
Maybelle, The Cable Car
Earthquake in the Morning (in the Treehouse series)
San Francisco: Off the Beaten Path (for you to read, just avoid the section on the Castro, which is next to the Mission section in the book and in the city!)
Yosemite
John Muir and Squirrel (very nice pictures and history)
Two bear cubs; a Miwok Legend from Yosemite
Redwoods these weren't as good as the others
Redwoods Are the Tallest Trees in the World
Monarchs of the Forest
There Stand the Giants
Of course, we would love to meet up with you in San Diego! You can stay with us, and if that doesn't work, we definitely would love to have you over for dinner or whatever! More on that later......
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California
Stranger in the Mirror.....Allen Say
C is for California.....Carol Greene
California Here We Come
Sea Lion Roars
I found that list awhile back. A unit study for Song of the Swallows can be found here http://www.homeschoolshare.com/song_of_the_swallows.php
Maybelle the Cable Car unit can be found here
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/maybelle_the_cable_car.php
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Since an alphabet book was mentioned, another series we like is the Discover America State by State series from Sleeping Bear Press. I haven't seen the California one, G is for Golden but we enjoy the Colorado one. They also have teachers guides on pdf online. Teacher's guide
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Sunsets of the West is a westward expansion/California Trail book. The family goes through the Sierras and settles in California. I really like the illustrations and as a 'westerner" appreciate the beautiful "sunsets of the west" page at the end of the book.
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Bumping an old thread as I had some history oriented additions to the topic:
The Mission Bell (Leo Politi) - founding of California missions
Song of the Swallows (Leo Politi) - San Juan Capistrano
Gold Rush & Mining: 1848-turn of century
Gold! Gold! from the American River: January 24, 1848: The Day the Gold Rush Began (Don Brown)
Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea (Tony Johnson)
Calico Dorsey:Mail Dog of the Mining Camps (Susan Lendroth) - 1885, California mining town
Pony Express: 1860-61 - CAlifornia is end of trail
They're Off: The Story of the Pony Express (Cheryl Harness)
Off Like the Wind: The First Ride of the Pony Express (Michael Spradlin)
Whatever Happened to the Pony Express (Verla Kay)
Immigration
Coolies (Yin) - Chinese immigrants, Chinatown in San Francisco
Brothers (Yin) - immigration, transcontinental railroad, 1860s
Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain (Katrina Currier) - immigration, Angel Island, CA, 1910-40
Oranges on Golden Mountain (Elizabeth Partridge) - Chinese immigration to CA, 1850's (Includes traditional Chinese philosophy)
Earthquake (Milly Lee) - 1906, San Francisco earthquake
So Far From the Sea (Eve Bunting) - WWII internment camps, Manzanar in California
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