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Read Across America


Read Across America

  

Here is a challenge for you! See if you can read a book from every state. Can you read your way across America?

 

Alabama

10 See the Yak Yak (Step-Into-Reading) by Charles Ghigna (I)

600 Rosa Parks by Eloise Greenfield

630 Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter (M)

650 Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears by Cornelia Cornelissen

660 Picture Book of Helen Keller by David Adler (M)

690 Deliver Us from Normal by Kate Klise (T)

810 Rosa Parks by Maryann N. Weidt (R)

810 Run Away Home by Patricia McKissack

970 Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks

1000 The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Curtis

1020 Rosa Parks: From the Back of the Bus (P)

Riding With Rosa Parks (Reading A-Z) (J)

Rosa Parks: Freedom Fighter (AEA)

To Kill A Mocking Bird (AEA Guided Reading Z)
Alaska

330 The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto by Natalie Standiford (K)

540 Prince William by Gloria Rand (Q)

700 Julie by Jean Craighead George

700 In-Between Days by Eve Bunting (AEA 6 copies) (P)

740 See You Around, Sam (AEA 6 copies)

750 Arctic Memories (AEA 6 copies) (M)

800 Toughboy and Sister by Kirkpatrick Hill

810 Honeypaw and Lightfoot by Jonathon London (P)

860 Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (U)

870 Balto and the Great Race by Elizabeth Cody (P)

950 Julie’s Wolf Pack by Jean Craighead George (U)

1120 Call of the Wild by Jack London (Y)

Last Great Race (Reading A-Z) (V) Jr. Iditarod (Reading A-Z) (U) The Inuit (Reading A-Z) (U)

River Of Life by Debbie S. Miller

Gentle Ben by Walt Morey

Silver by Gloria Whelan Black Star, Bright Dawn by Scott ODell (V)
Arizona

430 Everybody Needs A Rock by Byrd Baylor (NR)

490 Lost by Paul Brett

560 Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (J)

680 If that Breathes Fire, We Are Toast by Jennifer J. Stewart

700 Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles

710 Apache Children and Elders by E. Barrie Kavasch (P)

730 Apache Children and Elders by E. Barrie Kavasch (P)

740 The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell (L)

880 Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry (AEA 6 copies) (Q)

980 Desert Giant: World Saguaro Cactus By Barbara Bash (AEA 6 copies) (L)

A Visit to Kitt Peak (Reading A-Z) (Q) Deep Inside a Copper Mine (Reading A-Z) (P) Ancient Cliff Dwellers (Reading A-Z) (V)
Arkansas

710 What Do You Do With a Kangaroo? by Mercer Meyer (M)

800 Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene

830 Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen (AEA 6 copies)

900 Philip Hill Likes me, I Reckon Maybe by Bette Greene

Subjects: Bill Clinton, Ozarks, Big Rock
California

230 Nate the Great: San Francisco Detective by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (K)

350 A Days Word by Eve Bunting (K)

360 Smoky Night by Eve Bunting (P)

480 Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin, Jr. (M)

530 Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault

610 Humphrey the Lost Whale by Wendy Tokuda (K)

620 Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi (O)

650 Grandfathers Journey by Allen Say (O)

650 Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco

660 The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter (V)

670 There is an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George (AEA 6 copies) (Q)

690 Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret (AEA 6 copies) (X)

870 Dragonwings by Laurence Yep (V)

970 Cat Running by Zipha Keatly Snyder (AEA 6 copies) (U)

1000 Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott ODell (AEA 28 copies and 6 copies) (V)

1030 Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman (AEA 26 books)

--- Pecos Bill: A Tall Tale (AEA 10 copies)

--- Otter on His Own: Story of a Sea Otter by Don Boyle (AEA 7 copies) (O)

Yosemite and the Badge (Reading A-Z) (V)
Colorado

540 The Secret School by Avi (Q)

700 The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr

810 The Fear Place by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

890 Gentleman Outlaw and Me by Mary Downing Hahn (AEA 6 copies) (T)

Subjects: Rocky Mountains, Denver, Anasazi cliff dwellings
Connecticut

320 Journey to the Volcano Palace by Tony Abbott (N)

380 Hidden Stairs and Magic Carpet by Tony Abbott (M)

460 Mysterious Island by Tony Abbott

540 Windcatcher by Avi

610 The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

700 Here We All Are by Tomie dePaola (N)

700 From the Mixed Up Files by EL Konigsburg (AEA 6 copies) (S)

760 26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola

Subjects: Tomie dePaola, Revolutionary War, Constitution State, Ben Franklin
Delaware

820 Crossing the Delaware by Louise Peacock

830 Standing in the Light by Mary Pope Osbourne

870 Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter

Subjects: Battle of Trenton, Lenape Indians, William Penn
Florida

210 Shortcut by Donald Crews (J)

260 Great Pig Search by Eileen Christelow (L)

560 Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse (V)

610 Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (AEA 6 copies)

660 Everglades by Jean Craighead George (O)

680 Sunken Treasure by Gail Gibbons

740 Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo by Jean Craighead George

760 Hoot by Carl Hiasse (W)

Missing Manatee

Hurricanes (Reading A-Z) (W)
Georgia

550 Granddaddy and Janetta by Helen Griffith (AEA 6 copies) (O)

590 Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco

650 Soft Rain A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears by Cornelia Cornelissen

720 Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain by Robert Burch

740 Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia by Barbara O Connor (O)

--- Young Jackie Robinson (AEA 8 copies) (L)

Martin Luther King Jr (Reading A-Z) (S) Subjects: Coca-Cola, Girls Scouts, Slavery
Hawaii

370 High Tide in Hawaii by Mary Pope Osbourne (AEA 6 copies) (M)

500 Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan (M)

630 The Broccoli Tapes by Jan Slepian (AEA 6 copies) (S)

640 Under the Blood Red Sun by Graham Salisbury (AEA 6 copies) (W)

Tommy Visits Hawaii (Reading A-Z) (L)

Subjects: dolphins, pineapples, hibiscus, Hawaiian alphabet, volcanoes
Idaho

550 Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki (O)

770 Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Lewis and Clark (Reading A-Z) (Y)
Illinois

570 Country Crossing by Jim Aylesworth (L)

570 Junebug by Alice Mead (AEA 6 copies) (Q)

610 A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck

630 Journey by Sarah Stewart

670 Fair Weather by Richard Peck (T)

700 Ruth Law Thrills a Nation by Don Brown (N)

750 A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck (AEA 3 cassettes) (V)

860 One Room School by Raymond Bial

1100 Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt (AEA 25 copies) (Z)

1110 Lincoln, a Photo Biography by Russell Freedman

1130 The Great Fire by Jim Murphy (Z)

Subjects: Abraham Lincoln, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Bears, Sears Tower
Indiana

520 Ruthies Gift by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

570 Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk by Donald J. Sobol

670 The Christmas Blizzard by Helen Ketterman (O)

730 Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Nascar (Reading A-Z) (W)

Subjects: Hoosiers, Indianapolis 500, William Harrison, Wright Brothers
Iowa

380 When the Water Closes Over My Head by Donna Jo Napoli (AEA 6 copies) (Q)

430 Buffalo Bill and the Pony…by Eleanor Coerr (K)

490 Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express by Margaret K. Wetterer (M)

630 Addie’s Forever Friend by Laurie Lawlor (AEA 6 copies)

740 Blue Jasmine by Kashmira Sheth

830 Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (N)

930 Iowa (Hello U.S.A.) by Rita C. LaDoux

950 Beetles Lightly Toasted

Trouble with Tomatoes

--- I is for Iowa by Mary Ann Gensicke (AEA 25 copies)

--- Iowa by Sandra Christian (AEA 30 copies)

Subjects: Corn, pigs, Maid-Rites, Orphan Trains, Amish, State Fair, Herbert Hoover, Buddy Holly

Kansas

380 Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner (K)

610 Heat Wave! By Helen Ketteman (O)

760 Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

890 Steal Away Home by Lois Ruby

1000 The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum (U)

1020 In the Face of Danger by Joan Lowery Nixon

1190 Sod Houses on the Great Plains (AEA 6 copies) (N)

Amelia Earhart: A Legend in Flight (Reading A-Z) (Q)

Yee Haw! The Real Lives of Cowboys (Reading A-Z) (T)

Yellow Brick Roadies (Reading A-Z Series) (U)
Kentucky

730 Tarantula Shoes by Tom Birdseye (AEA 6 copies)

860 Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech

Subjects: Kentucky Derby, Shakers, Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), Daniel Boone
Louisiana

480 Mama Dont Allow by Thatcher Hurd (I)

670 Blackwater Swamp by Bill Wallace (AEA 6 copies) (T)

680 The Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman

730 Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles (O)

770 My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt

860 Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges (S)

910 Feliciana Feydra Leroux by Tynia Thomassie (AEA 6 copies) (O)

940 The Talking Eggs by Robert San Souci

Jazz Greats (Reading A-Z) (V)

The Blues (Reading A-Z) (X) Subjects: Mardi Gras, Louisiana Purchase, Cajun, Bayou
Maine

260 Keep the Lights Burning Abbie by Connie and Peter Roop (AEA 20 copies) (K)

470 Skylark by Patricia MacLaughlin (AEA 25 copies) (R)

490 Fudge-a-mania by Judy Blume (AEA 25/6 copies) (Q)

680 Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (O)

770 Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (AEA 25 copies)(U)

800 Young Man and the Sea by Rodman Philbrick (W)

890 Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey (M)

940 Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey (O)

980 The Bunyans by Audrey Wood (P)

Subjects: Lighthouses, whales, lobster
Maryland

290 Clara and the Bookwagon by Nancy Levinson (K)

610 Anna on the Farm by Mary Downing Hahn

650 Who Was Harriet Tubman? By Yona Zeldis (O)

680 A Face First by Priscilla Cummings (NR)

760 Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold

880 Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson

910 Freedom Train: Story of Harriet Tubman (AEA 6 copies) (U)

Subjects: Crabs, Battle of Gettysburg, Annapolis, Navy, Baltimore Orioles, Cal Ripkin Jr.

Massachusetts

340 Boston Coffee Party by Doreen (M)

390 The First Thanksgiving by Linda Hayward (O)

540 Berlioz the Bear (Boston) by Jan Brett (N)

610 Story of Johnny Appleseed by Aliki (J)

630 Make Way for Ducklings (Boston) by Robert McCloskey (L)

640 Comets Nine Lives (Nantucket) by Jan Brett

640 Anastasia On Her Own by Lois Lowry

670 Anastasia at your Service by Lois Lowry

700 Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry

700 Anastasia Again by Lois Lowry

760 Anastasia Has the Answers by Lois Lowry

780 Whos That Stepping On Plymouth Rock? by Jean Fritz (O)

790 Who Was John F. Kennedy? By Yona Zeldis (N)

790 Who Was Johnny Appleseed? By Joan Houb (Q)

810 The Boston Tea Party by Steven Kroll

830 And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? Jean Fritz (AEA 5 copies) (O)

860 Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen (N)

920 Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) by Steven Kellogg (N)

1090 Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates

Meeting Father in Plymouth (Reading A-Z) (P) NA Why We Have Thanksgiving by Margaret Hillert (E)

--- People of the Breaking Day by Marcia Sewall (AEA 10 copies) AR 5.3

--- John Chapman by Carol Greene (AEA 6 copies) (N)

Subjects: Paul Revere, John Adams, Ben Franklin, Nantucket Island, Boston Tea Party

Michigan

180 Stranger in the Woods by Carl R Sams II and Jean Stoick (N)

450 Mr. Lincolns Way by Patricia Polacco (M)

480 My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco (M)

540 Betty Doll by Patricia Polacco (M)

630 Thundercake by Patricia Polacco (M)

680 Girl In Blue by Ann Rinaldi

950 Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (AEA 6 copies) (T)

Subjects: Motor vehicles, Lake Michigan, plank roads, Great Lakes

Minnesota

610 Stealing Thunder by Mary Casanova

670 Kirstens Surprise by Janet Shaw

720 On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Q)

760 Wolf Shadows by Mary Casanova

770 Moose Tracks by Mary Casanova

1030 Paul Bunyan by Steven Kellogg (O)

1080 On the Day You Were Born by Debra Frasier (NR)

--- Paul Bunyan and His Blue Ox (AEA 12 Copies)

Subjects: Mall of America, Spam, Twin cities, Paul Bunyan, Minnesota Viking"

Mississippi

460 Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles (M)

570 Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles

630 Haunted Cabin Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner (O)

760 The Land by Mildred D. Taylor

760 The Well by Mildred D. Taylor (AEA 6 copies) (T)

810 Mississippi Bridge by Mildred D. Taylor

850 Let the Circle be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor (X)

860 Night Cry by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

870 Mike Fink by Steven Kellogg (AEA 4 copies)

920 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (W)

--- River Road (Discovery Links) (AEA 6 copies) (I)

--- Life in a Mississippi River Town (AEA 6 copies) AR 4.7

Harriet Tubman (Reading A-Z) (S)

Missouri

350 George Washington Carver by Lynea Bowdish (J)

400 George Washington Carver by Patricia McKissack (L)

510 George Washington Carver by Margo McLoone (P)

630 Little House on Rocky Ridge by Roger MacBride (R)

690 Front Porch Stories: At the One Room School by Eleanor E. Tate (P)

700 Story of George W. Carver by Eva Moore (P)

730 A Pocketful of Goobers….by Barbara Mitchell (P)

860 New Dawn on Rocky Ridge by Roger Lea MacBride

910 Who Was Mark Twain? By April Jones (S)

950 Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

970 George Washington Carver by Camilla J. Wilson (W)

990 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Daniel Boone (Reading A-Z) (P) In Huck's Shoes (Reading A-Z Series) (Y) --- Graveyard Mystery by Nick Ford (AEA 5 copies)

Subjects: Pony Express, Jesse James, Kansas City Chiefs, George Washington Carver

Montana

800 A Picture Book of Sacagawea by David A Adler (NR)

1050 Powwow by George Ancona

--- Crossbow Killer by Nick Ford (AEA 5 copies)

--- Crossbow Mystery by Nick Ford (AEA 5 copies)

Subjects: bears, elk, Little Big Horne, Charles Marion Russell, Crow Indians, Glacier National Park, Old Faithful

Nebraska

210 Golly Sisters Go West by Betsy Byars (AEA 6 copies) (K)

610 Mud Pony by Caron L. Cohen (O)

790 Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman?

1190 Sod Houses on the Great Plains by Glen Rounds (AEA 6 copies) (N)

--- Heartland! (Discovery Links Q/R) (AEA 6 copies) (Q)

Transcontinental Railroad (Reading A-Z) (X) Dustbowl (Reading A-Z) (X)

Nevada

730 Dragons Gate by Laurence Yep (W)

Subjects: drought, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas

New Hampshire

870 Miss Hickory by Carolyn Bailey

960 A Gathering of Days by Joan Blos (U)

1130 Ox Cart Man by Donald Hall (L)

--- Stranger in the Woods by Andrew Clements

--- River Ran Wild

Subjects: Christa McAuliffe: Challenger Explosion, Declaration of Independence, Franklin Pierce



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