CAROLYM BRODIE is assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. She is coauthor of Many Voices: Multicultural Literary Experiences for Youth (Highsmith Press, 1992), a book based on the Virginia Hamilton Conference held each spring at Kent State University. She contributed the sections on Ohio and Arkansas for the Exploring the Great Lakes States through Literature and Exploring the Southeast States through Literature volumes, respectively, in Oryx's Exploring the United States through Literature Series.

• Series Statement vii Preface ix Contributors xi Iowa 1, by Bonnie Raasch Kansas 17, by June Level Missouri 33, by Leslie Edmonds Nebraska 44, by Eunice Parrish North Dakota 64, by Myla Alsaker, Esther Hornbacher, Kathleen Oksendahl, Beverly Quamme, and Hazel Yliniemi South Dakota 78, by Donna Gilliland Directory of Publishers and Vendors 95 Author Index 105 Title Index 109 Subject Index 117

CAROLYM BRODIE is assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. She is coauthor of Many Voices: Multicultural Literary Experiences for Youth (Highsmith Press, 1992), a book based on the Virginia Hamilton Conference held each spring at Kent State University. She contributed the sections on Ohio and Arkansas for the Exploring the Great Lakes States through Literature and Exploring the Southeast States through Literature volumes, respectively, in Oryx's Exploring the United States through Literature Series.

• Series Statement vii Preface ix Contributors xi Iowa 1, by Bonnie Raasch Kansas 17, by June Level Missouri 33, by Leslie Edmonds Nebraska 44, by Eunice Parrish North Dakota 64, by Myla Alsaker, Esther Hornbacher, Kathleen Oksendahl, Beverly Quamme, and Hazel Yliniemi South Dakota 78, by Donna Gilliland Directory of Publishers and Vendors 95 Author Index 105 Title Index 109 Subject Index 117

CAROLYM BRODIE is assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. She is coauthor of Many Voices: Multicultural Literary Experiences for Youth (Highsmith Press, 1992), a book based on the Virginia Hamilton Conference held each spring at Kent State University. She contributed the sections on Ohio and Arkansas for the Exploring the Great Lakes States through Literature and Exploring the Southeast States through Literature volumes, respectively, in Oryx's Exploring the United States through Literature Series.

• Series Statement vii Preface ix Contributors xi Iowa 1, by Bonnie Raasch Kansas 17, by June Level Missouri 33, by Leslie Edmonds Nebraska 44, by Eunice Parrish North Dakota 64, by Myla Alsaker, Esther Hornbacher, Kathleen Oksendahl, Beverly Quamme, and Hazel Yliniemi South Dakota 78, by Donna Gilliland Directory of Publishers and Vendors 95 Author Index 105 Title Index 109 Subject Index 117