In 1959, not long after this coloring book was published, Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states. As an 11 year-old growing up in Oklahoma, I remember thinking how cool it was to have such exotic places become part of the United States.
You can find the previously posted countries by clicking on these links: Holland, England-Sweden-Hungary-Czechoslovakia-Austria, Japan-China-India-Burma-Korea-Arabia, France-Switzerland-Italy-Germany, Belgium-Spain-Portugal-Ireland-Scotland-Wales-Denmark-Finland-Norway, and Australia-New Zealand-South Africa-Egypt-Turkey-Russia-Poland-Yugoslavia, and Greece. Click any image to see a slideshow.