It's My State! ® Books in Order
It's My State! ® contains 12 books, published between 2002 and 2019. The first book is Maryland (2002) and the newest is New York: The Empire State (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 2002–2019
- Pages on record
- 480 in 6 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 8.0–12 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 480 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
It's My State! is a juvenile nonfiction line of 12 books published between 2002 and 2019, at a median of 80 pages. Volumes cover individual US states: Maryland (2002), New York (2002), California (2014), Minnesota: The Land of 10,000 Lakes (2014), Illinois (2015), Washington (2015), Connecticut (2015), Hawaii (2015) and Vermont (2015). Steven Otfinoski is credited on four books and Dan Elish on two, with Michael Burgan, Marlene Targ Brill, Claire Price-Groff, Laura L. Sullivan, William Mcgeveran and Debra Hess on one each.
How many It's My State! ® books are there?
It's My State! ® has 12 books, released between 2002 and 2019.
It's My State! ® Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 It's My State! ® books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Maryland2002 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/42002801/4
- 2New York2002 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/42002801/4
- 3California2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 4Minnesota: The Land of 10,000 Lakes2014 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/42014801/4
- 5Illinois2015 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/42015801/4
- 6Washington2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 7Connecticut2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 8It's My State!2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 9Hawaii2015 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/42015801/4
- 10Vermont2015 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/42015801/4
- 11South Carolina: The Palmetto State2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 12New York: The Empire State2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
Where to start with It's My State! ®
Start with Maryland (2002), the earliest published title.
What is the newest It's My State! ® book?
New York: The Empire State (2019) is the newest It's My State! ® book released so far.
Is there a new It's My State! ® book coming?
No next It's My State! ® book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
It's My State! ® at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest It's My State! ® title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- It's My State! ® books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 480 pages across the 6 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 80 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most It's My State! ® books, 10 of 12, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 12 titles, 4 are credited to Steven Otfinoski, 2 to Dan Elish, 1 to Michael Burgan and 1 to Marlene Targ Brill. A further 6 writers are credited. 2 titles carry no credit.
What the It's My State! ® books are about
11 of the 12 It's My State! ® books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: juvenile literature is tagged on 7 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Juvenile literature 7 of 11 books
- New york (state), history 2 of 11 books
- New york (state), juvenile literature 2 of 11 books