The Ultimate List of Books about Indiana for Children
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Children’s Books about Indiana
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Mamie on the Mound, by Leah Henderson and George Doutsiopoulos
Mamie was a professional baseball player on a men’s baseball team. After not being allowed onto the women’s team because it was segregated, she instead got a contract in 1953 to become a pitcher for the Indianapolis Clowns within the Professional Negro Leagues. Her record as a pitcher in the professional leagues was 33-8 in games won.
Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist, by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrations by James Ransome
Major Taylor is an Indiana native and an award-winning cyclist. He became the fastest cyclist in the world, as the winner of the 1899 World Championship for cycling.
H is for Hoosier: An Indiana Alphabet, by Bruce Langton
This alphabet book about Indiana shows important objects in Indiana state history.
Totally Bamboo a Slice of Life Indiana Serving and Cutting Board
Not a book about Indiana , but a cutting board with a map of Indiana. Would be interesting for young children to look at – there’s so many great Indiana town names like Muncie and Kokomo.
Remember though, etched cutting boards collect more bacteria in the hard-to-clean surfaces. So I don’t know that I’d recommend this cutting board as sanitary, but it is decorative and a quick lesson in geography.
Indiana Vocabulary to Highlight:
Hoosiers
Adena People
Hopewell People
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Northwest Territory
Shawnee, Miami, Illini
Treaty of Greenville 1795
Tecumseh’s Confederacy
Battle of Tippecanoe, 1811
Battle of Thames, 1813
Indiana’s heavy participation in the Civil War
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Convair B-58 crash of 5 nuclear weapons, in 1968 (prescreen this incident)
Indiana Geography:
Lake Michigan
Wabash River
Ohio River
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