Are you looking for a wonderful list of children’s books set in Oklahoma? Here are some of our favorites! Each of these children’s books is either set in Oklahoma or features a person who has close ties to the state. Oklahoma, nicknamed the Sooner State, is known for being in the heart of the Dust Bowl, the site of the Land Rush of 1889, and the end of the Trail of Tears. If you’d like more information on each book, read more by clicking on the affiliate links listed below.
Angels in the Dust
A great grandmother reminisces on her life in the Oklahoma "Dust Bowl" in the 1930s.
Bad News for Outlaws
A fascinating look at the life of Bass Reeves, an escaped slave who became the first African-American U.S. Marshal west...
Beautiful Land: A Story of the Oklahoma Land Rush
A short chapter book about a family racing to Oklahoma to find free land in the late 1800s.
Buffalo Gal
A mother and her daughter travel to the Oklahoma frontier on a trip to save the buffalo.
Children of the Dust Bowl
The true story of "Dust Bowl" children who built their own school while their parents worked as farm laborers.
Dust for Dinner
After a dust storm ruins a family's Oklahoma farm land, they must journey westward to California.
Elmo: The Oklahoma Prairie Dog
An Oklahoma prairie dog tries to save his family from a hungry rattlesnake.
I Have Heard of a Land
A lyrical picture book about African-Americans moving west to Oklahoma in the 1880s for free land.
Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path
A picture book biography of Jim Thorpe, world-renowned athlete and Oklahoma native.
Mickie Mantle: The Commerce Comet
A picture book biography of Oklahoma native Mickie Mantle, one of the greatest baseball players of all time.