Wonderful Children’s Books About Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains
This list of children’s books about Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains is the perfect addition to your family vacation. After booking our farm stay, and planning some things to do, like horse back riding, visiting caverns, and so much more, I began searching for books that I could incorporate into our homeschooling.
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Since we homeschool, it is important to us that our children learn about the places we visit before we arrive. Books have a way of making a place come alive way before our arrival. It also allows them to make life long connections between the books they have read and places we have visited.
Because we came across so many amazing books, we decided to put them together in this list so your family can enjoy them also. It includes picture books, books about wildlife in Tennessee, and about the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I hope these children’s books about Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains help enhance your family’s visit to the area. Let us know in the comments below if there is a favorite book of yours that we should add to our list.
Children’s Books About Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains
The Volunteer State
V is for Volunteer by Michael Shoulders
Count On Us by Michael Shoulders
Picture Books About Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains
Every Autumn Comes The Bear by Jim Arnosky
The Salamander Room by. Anne Mazer
The Great Smoky Mountain Salamander Ball by Lisa Horstman
Sabrina: A Great Smoky Mountains Story by Lisa Hortsman
We’re Going to the Mountains by Lisa Hortsman
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Ellie’s Long Walk: The True Story of Two Friends on the Appalachian Trail by Pam Flowers
A Picture Book of Davy Crockett by David A. Adler
Flora and Fauna
Black Bear Cub at Sweet Berry Trail by Laura Gates Galvin
American Black Bears by Molly Kolpin
Life Cycles: Salamanders by Robin Nelson
Caves and Caverns by Gail Gibbons
The Bat Book by Charlotte Milner
Going to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Charles W. Maynard
Who Pooped in the Park? Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Steve Kemp
National Parks
National Parks of the U.S.A. by Kate Siber
National Parks of the U.S.A. Activity Book by Kate Siber
National Parks: Great Smoky Mountains by Josh Gregory
The Camping Trip That Changed America by Barb Rosenstock
Trekking The National Parks Board Game
Read all about our Tennessee adventures below:
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 12 Interesting Facts You Need To Know (Townsend)
- Why Our Ride At Davy Crockett Riding Stables Is Easily One We Will Never Forget (Townsend)
- Smoky Mountain Farm Stay: Pioneer Cabins and Guest Farm (Townsend)
- Soar High Through the Treetop World of Anakeesta (Gatlinburg)
- Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies (Gatlinburg)
- What To Expect At DollyWood (Pigeon Forge)
10 Comments
Marianne
What a great variety of books for kids about the Smokey Mountains. I love getting my kids books about where we are travelling to, before the trip. Its a great way for them to learn about the destination.
Trisha
I love that look on their face when they make the connect, “Hey! We read about this in the book!”
Julie Gazdecki
What a great idea for homeschool travel. Looks like some great books about Tennessee Smoky Mountains.
Trisha
Our kids love Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains so much that we still read some of these almost daily!
Lisa Manderino
We are huge fans of the trekking game and love all the books! Great Smoky Mountians is on my list.
Trisha
Just a warning, once you visit the Smoky Mountains, you won’t ever want to leave! 😉
alison netzer
I love the Smokey Mountains (I saw them in NC), but to have books to highlight them and the state of Tennesse is amazing. Giving your kids a love for their home state is something they will always have with them.
Trisha
We are planning our next trip to the Smoky Mountains and we would love to venture into NC this time. There is so much to see and never enough time to see it all!
kmf
These children’s books about Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains sound wonderful. In fact, I want to read them myself.
Trisha
To be honest, I found myself enjoying them just as much as my children! 😉