Resources – Connecticut

Book List
  • Good Night Connecticut by Adam Gamble
  • Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Peter Roop
  • Animals of Connecticut! by Hope Aicher and My Incredible World
  • A Halloween Scare in Connecticut by Eric James
  • N Is For Nutmeg: A Connecticut Alphabet by Elissa D. Grodin
  • Yankee Doodle Numbers: A Connecticut Number Book by Elissa D. Grodin
  • The Legend of Hobbomock: The Sleeping Giant by Jason J. Marchi
  • Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson by Sharon Robinson
  • Wilhemina Goes Wandering by John-Manuel Andriote
  • W Is For Webster: Noah Webster and his American Dictionary by Tracey Fern
  • Look Up!: Henrietta Leavitt, Pioneering Woman Astronomer by Robert Burleigh
  • George W. Bush: A Little Golden Book Biography by Joanna Keith
  • The Art Lesson by Tomie dePaola
  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
  • Connecticut (A True Book: My United States) by Michael Burgan
  • Noah Webster and His Words by Jeri Chase Ferris
  • The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students by Suzanne Jurmain
  • Nathan Hale: Patriot Spy by Shannon Zemlicka, Shannon Knudsen, and Craig Orback
  • The Story of Charles Goodyear by Mary R. Parkman
  • Traitor: the Case of Benedict Arnold by Jean Fritz
  • The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
  • Sybil Ludington’s Midnight Ride by Marsha Amstel
  • 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola
  • Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
  • The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
  • The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
  • Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
  • The Witch of Blackbird Pond by by Elizabeth George Speare
  • Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt

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Recommended Supplies

Below are the supplies used for this project.

  • Watercolor paper (9 x 12)
  • Gouache paint
  • Paintbrush
  • Straw
  • Small sponge or crumpled paper towel
  • Scissors or paper cutter
  • Tape
  • Small scrap of computer paper
  • Pencil or pen
  • Optional: tan watercolor or chalk pastel for aging the paper

You can also find our a master list of all the supplies we recommend for Road Trip Around America here

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