The Field Atlas comes home to Massachusetts
A personalized Massachusetts nature book for kids
A nature gift for a child who calls Massachusetts home. Their Field Atlas includes a six-page Massachusetts chapter after its seven American habitat chapters. Open selected sample spreads below to read the map, place notes and natural history.
Make their Massachusetts Atlas →From $69.99 USD · Ages 6–12 · Free delivery to the contiguous US and Washington, DC. All 50 states are chapter choices; Alaska and Hawaii delivery is currently unavailable.
- Featured landscape in the chapter
- Cape Cod National Seashore
- Animal study in the chapter
- Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
- The printed home-state chapter
- 6 pages · one state per Atlas
From the Massachusetts sample · State map
Find your way around Massachusetts.
New England National Scenic Trail
The New England National Scenic Trail crosses long ridges to scenic mountain summits.
- Cape Cod National Seashore
- New England National Scenic Trail
From the Massachusetts sample · Landscape
Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Cod National Seashore
The seashore has forty miles of sandy beach, along with marshes, ponds and uplands, which are areas of higher ground.
From the Massachusetts sample · Wildlife
Painted turtle
Try this with the sample
Choose a page detail
Read the Cape Cod note, then choose one of its settings to study in the spread. Sketch a small detail. Would the drawing help someone recognize a beach, a pond, a marsh or higher ground? Explain your choice.
- Open the landscape spread and read its note together.
- Use words or a sketch to record one detail. Point to the page or source that supports it.
- Write one question you still have. On a later outing with a grown-up, record what you actually notice, even if it differs from the book.
A reading activity created for this webpage. The chapter’s featured place and animal are separate subjects; this sample is not a promise of a wildlife sighting or a guide to a particular trail.
From a sample to their own book
Their face in the expedition. Their own Massachusetts chapter.
Add your child’s photo, name and dedication. Choose the child alone or with Mom, Dad, Grandma or Grandpa from a second photo. Their likeness appears on the cover and selected expedition surfaces; the reference pages keep their fixed layouts.
Preview the cover, title page and first habitat free. After payment, review every page and change the dedication before approving print. The Atlas uses its own review flow.
The personalization proof shown is our Hazel sample. The state previews above show the Massachusetts chapter. National-chapter expert review does not extend to the varying home-state chapters.
Choose Massachusetts for their Atlas →Make 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.
Personalized Field Atlas
82-page hardcover · 39 animals
$69.99Choose this combination →Flora + Fauna Atlas
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.
Before you choose their Massachusetts chapter.
Is the whole book about Massachusetts?
The 82-page Atlas explores seven American habitats and 39 animals, then reaches its final chapter: six pages about one chosen home state. Choose Massachusetts for that chapter. Index, sources and colophon pages follow it. One book does not include a separate chapter for every state.
What can I read on this page?
Selected spreads from Hazel’s Massachusetts sample chapter, with the source-linked notes already published in our Atlas explorer. Use “Read this spread” to inspect the small type. The whole finished book is available to review after payment.
Can this be a gift for a child living in another state?
Yes. You choose the chapter; the delivery address is separate. The Atlas currently ships to the contiguous United States and Washington, DC. You can choose an Alaska or Hawaii chapter for delivery within that area.
Does the notebook come with the Atlas?
The 56-page Field Notebook is a separate optional softcover for sightings and sketches, personalized with the child’s name and home state. The Flora + Fauna edition adds 26 plants inside the Atlas. Choose either upgrade, both or neither in the options above.