The expedition comes home
A personalized nature book about your child's home state
The last chapter of your child's Field Atlas is the state you choose. Its six pages bring together a state map, a featured landscape and wildlife studies, with the child's name on the map page. Any of the 50 states can be selected. The earlier chapters explore seven habitats across America.
Find their state chapter ↓From $69.99 USD · Free contiguous US shipping
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- 82 pages
- 8.5 × 11 in hardcover
- 7 habitats
- 39 animals to meet
- 50 states
- Choose one home chapter
- Ages 6–12
- Read together, then explore
Read their home chapter
Where does their expedition come home?
Open a state's own sample page to read its map, source-linked notes and selected spreads. Each page has a reading activity and a link to make an Atlas with that state selected.
- AlabamaLittle River Canyon National Preserve
- AlaskaKenai Fjords National Park
- ArizonaPetrified Forest National Park
- ArkansasHot Springs National Park
- CaliforniaLassen Volcanic National Park
- ColoradoRocky Mountain National Park
- ConnecticutWeir Farm National Historical Park
- DelawareTrap Pond
- FloridaEverglades National Park
- GeorgiaCumberland Island National Seashore
- HawaiiHawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
- IdahoCraters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve
- IllinoisAdeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park
- IndianaIndiana Dunes National Park
- IowaLedges State Park
- KansasTallgrass Prairie National Preserve
- KentuckyMammoth Cave National Park
- LouisianaFontainebleau State Park
- MaineKatahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
- MarylandAssateague Island National Seashore
- MassachusettsCape Cod National Seashore
- MichiganPictured Rocks National Lakeshore
- MinnesotaVoyageurs National Park
- MississippiGulf Islands National Seashore
- MissouriOzark National Scenic Riverways
- MontanaGlacier National Park
- NebraskaScotts Bluff National Monument
- NevadaGreat Basin National Park
- New HampshirePawtuckaway State Park
- New JerseyDelaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
- New MexicoValles Caldera National Preserve
- New YorkFire Island National Seashore
- North CarolinaCape Hatteras National Seashore
- North DakotaTheodore Roosevelt National Park
- OhioCuyahoga Valley National Park
- OklahomaChickasaw National Recreation Area
- OregonCrater Lake National Park
- PennsylvaniaLower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
- Rhode IslandBurlingame State Park
- South CarolinaCongaree National Park
- South DakotaBadlands National Park
- TennesseeGreat Smoky Mountains National Park
- TexasBig Bend National Park
- UtahBryce Canyon National Park
- VermontMarsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
- VirginiaAssateague Island National Seashore
- WashingtonMount Rainier National Park
- West VirginiaBluestone National Scenic River
- WisconsinApostle Islands National Lakeshore
- WyomingGrand Teton National Park
A place they can point to and call home
Choose your child's home state when you start the book. Their state appears on the title page and has a home pin on the cover. The final chapter brings the broader American expedition back to a particular place, with a relief map, landscape and wildlife.
What the state choice changes
The chosen state changes the home-state chapter. It does not replace every habitat in the national section with local scenery, and it does not make a custom city or street atlas. The Colorado pages shown here are a sample of that chapter format.
Choose a chapter, then check delivery
All 50 states are available as chapter choices. Delivery currently covers the contiguous United States and Washington, DC. Selecting an Alaska or Hawaii chapter does not extend the delivery area. Check the shipping address before ordering a gift.
A face they know in a world to explore
That little explorer looks familiar.
Add a photo and preview the personalized cover and selected sample pages. Choose the child alone or with one grown-up from a second photo.
Shown: our Hazel sample. Selected expedition surfaces are personalized; reference pages keep their reviewed layouts.
A different chapter for every home state
Choose from all 50 states. Its six-page home-state chapter brings together a map, a landscape and wildlife studies, with your child’s name on the map page.
Open selected pages from the chapter. Look at the places, read an animal account and follow the map.
Colorado, up close
- Landscape
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Animal study
- American beaver
- Inside your Atlas
- 6 pages · 3 spreads
Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park covers 415 square miles.
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- Mesa Verde National Park
- Rocky Mountain National Park
What makes it theirs
Their name and home
Their name on the cover, title page and state map. A home pin on the cover and their state on the title page.
Their painted likeness
Your child appears in the cover, title-page vignette and seven habitat openers, painted from their photo. Add one grown-up from a second photo.
Their state chapter
The map, featured landscape and animal studies change with the state you choose. Your dedication is printed on the title page.
All 50 home-state chapters are available to choose. Delivery is currently to the contiguous US and Washington, DC.
Read the Colorado chapter sample and try a reading activity →
Choose your AtlasMake it their kind of expedition
Choose their Atlas and field notebook.
Every Atlas includes their photo-based character, a chosen home-state chapter and your dedication. Add one supported grown-up at no extra cast charge.
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82-page hardcover · 39 animals
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98-page hardcover · 39 animals + 26 plants
$84.99Choose this combination →Atlas + Field Notebook
82-page hardcover + separate 56-page softcover
$84.99Choose this combination →Flora + Fauna + Field Notebook
98-page hardcover + separate 56-page softcover
$99.99Choose this combination →Prices in USD. Free delivery to the contiguous US and Washington, DC. All 50 states are available as chapter choices. Boxes, ribbons, magnifiers and other styling props are not included.
Read the credits
Natural history with review behind it.
The following credits apply to the national natural-history chapters. The home-state chapter varies by edition and sits outside that review.
See the full review credits →- Reviewed in consultation with the American Museum of Natural History
- Reviewed in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation
- Bird accounts reviewed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Reviewers were paid for their time. Any errors that remain are ours.
Before their expedition begins.
Can I choose Alaska or Hawaii as the home-state chapter?
Yes, any of the 50 states can be selected as the chapter. The Atlas currently ships only to the contiguous United States and Washington, DC.
Does one book include chapters for all 50 states?
Each personalized Atlas includes one chosen home-state chapter after its national habitat chapters. For a reference atlas with a profile for every state, see our National Geographic comparison.
Were the home-state pages part of the national natural-history review?
The listed natural-history review covers the national chapters. The home-state chapter varies by edition and sits outside that review.
Make room for a little explorer
They already know whose book this is.
A familiar face on the cover. Their state at the end. A whole expedition in between.
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