Puss Reboots: Blog: October 2024: Picture book of Kansas

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Picture book of Kansas: 10/04/24

Picture Book of Kansas by Bernadine Bailey (1954) is an illustrated history of white settlement in Kansas. Although Native American groups are mentioned and credited for the state's name, the history starts with the Spanish and goes on through modern industry — modern being contemporaneous with the book's release.

Compared to more recent history books aimed at upper elementary school readers, Picture Book of Kansas is long winded. Each page is jam packed with long paragraphs, though with a vocabulary that's still approachable for the targeted age range.

Although the author was a known travel writer, photographer and filmmaker, the illustrations are done by Kurt Wiese. He was the illustrator of the Freddy the Pig series of books, among others.

Three stars