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
- Hardcover Book
- Shoulders, Michael (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 40 Pages – 04/23/2001 (Publication Date) – Sleeping Bear Press (Publisher)
V is for Volunteer by Michael Shoulders
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Hardcover Book
- Shoulders, Michael (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 40 Pages – 08/05/2003 (Publication Date) – Sleeping Bear Press (Publisher)
Count On Us by Michael Shoulders
Picture Books About Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Arnosky, Jim (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 09/09/1996 (Publication Date) – Puffin Books (Publisher)
Every Autumn Comes The Bear by Jim Arnosky
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Mazer, Anne (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 03/01/1994 (Publication Date) – Dragonfly Books (Publisher)
The Salamander Room by. Anne Mazer
- Lisa Horstman (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 04/01/1997 (Publication Date) – Smokies Life (Publisher)
The Great Smoky Mountain Salamander Ball by Lisa Horstman
- Hortsman, Lisa (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 48 Pages – 03/26/2015 (Publication Date) – Smokies Life (Publisher)
Sabrina: A Great Smoky Mountains Story by Lisa Hortsman
- English (Publication Language)
- 24 Pages – 01/21/2025 (Publication Date) – Great Smoky Mountains Associat (Publisher)
We’re Going to the Mountains by Lisa Hortsman
- Rylant, Cynthia (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 24 Pages – 01/01/1993 (Publication Date) – Puffin Books (Publisher)
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
- Flowers, Pam (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 03/15/2012 (Publication Date) – WestWinds Press (Publisher)
Ellie’s Long Walk: The True Story of Two Friends on the Appalachian Trail by Pam Flowers
- Isaacs, Anne (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 40 Pages – 01/01/2000 (Publication Date) – Puffin Books (Publisher)
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Adler, David A. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 01/01/1996 (Publication Date) – Holiday House (Publisher)
A Picture Book of Davy Crockett by David A. Adler
Flora and Fauna
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Hardcover Book
- Galvin, Laura Gates (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 06/15/2008 (Publication Date) – Soundprints (Publisher)
Black Bear Cub at Sweet Berry Trail by Laura Gates Galvin
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Molly Erin Kolpin (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 24 Pages – 07/31/2011 (Publication Date) – Capstone Press (Publisher)
American Black Bears by Molly Kolpin
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Nelson, Robin (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 24 Pages – 01/01/2009 (Publication Date) – LernerClassroom (Publisher)
Life Cycles: Salamanders by Robin Nelson
- Gibbons, Gail (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 10/04/1996 (Publication Date) – Clarion Books (Publisher)
Caves and Caverns by Gail Gibbons
- Hardcover Book
- Milner, Charlotte (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 48 Pages – 02/04/2020 (Publication Date) – DK Children (Publisher)
The Bat Book by Charlotte Milner
- Stewart, Melissa (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 04/04/2017 (Publication Date) – Peachtree (Publisher)
- Charles W. Maynard (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 48 Pages – 01/08/2008 (Publication Date) – Farcountry Press (Publisher)
Going to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Charles W. Maynard
- Steve Kemp (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 48 Pages – 05/30/2005 (Publication Date) – Farcountry Press (Publisher)
Who Pooped in the Park? Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Steve Kemp
National Parks
- Hardcover Book
- Siber, Kate (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 112 Pages – 07/03/2018 (Publication Date) – Wide Eyed Editions (Publisher)
National Parks of the U.S.A. by Kate Siber
- Siber, Kate (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 04/07/2020 (Publication Date) – Wide Eyed Editions (Publisher)
National Parks of the U.S.A. Activity Book by Kate Siber
- Hardcover Book
- Gregory, Josh (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 48 Pages – 09/01/2017 (Publication Date) – Children’s Press (Publisher)
National Parks: Great Smoky Mountains by Josh Gregory
- Barb Rosenstock (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 01/21/2025 (Publication Date) – Scholastic (Publisher)
The Camping Trip That Changed America by Barb Rosenstock
- UPDATED – The 3rd Edition includes upgraded components, improved artwork, and a new Solo Mode
- WILDLY POPULAR – Over 500,000 sold! Winner of Mensa Select and the Parents’ Choice Award
- AUTHENTIC – A family traveled to every national park and then created a game to celebrate their journey
- INSPIRATIONAL – Share your memories and dream about where you’ll travel to next. Appeals to a wide range of people: outdoor lovers, gamers, and gift-givers
- FUN FOR ALL – For 1-5 players, ages 10 and up. Games last 30-60 minutes. Grandparents, teens, tweens, & kids can all play together!
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! 😉