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Library of Congress Center for the Book 2009 Discover Great Places Through Reading Page 1 2009 DISCOVER GREAT PLACES THROUGH READING Every year, a list of books representing the literary heritage of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories is distributed by the Library of Congress’s Center for the Book during the National Book Festival. Each book is selected by a Center for the Book state affiliate or state library. Alabama The Well and the Mine Gin Phillips Alaska Seldovia Sam and the Very Large Clam Susan Woodward Springer Arizona Hip, Hip, Hooray, It’s Monsoon Day / ¡Ajúa, ya llegó el chubasco! Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford Arkansas Water Steps A. LaFaye California Steinbeck’s Ghost Lewis Buzbee Colorado Down, Down, Down Steve Jenkins Connecticut For the Duration Tomie dePaola Delaware The Sweet Life of Stella Madison Lara M. Zeises District of Columbia Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out Various Authors/National Children’s Book & Literacy Alliance Florida Tangerine Edward Bloor Georgia 14 Cows for America Carmen Agra Deedy Hawaii A President from Hawaii Dr. Carolan
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Library of Congress Center for the Book
2009 Discover Great Places Through Reading Page 1
2009 DISCOVER GREAT PLACES THROUGH READINGEvery year, a list of books representing the literary heritage of the 50 states, the District of Columbia and
the U.S. Territories is distributed by the Library of Congress’s Center for the Book during the National Book Festival. Each book is selected by a Center for the Book state affiliate or state library.
Alabama
The Well and the MineGin Phillips
Alaska
Seldovia Sam and the Very Large ClamSusan Woodward Springer
Arizona
Hip, Hip, Hooray, It’s Monsoon Day / ¡Ajúa, ya llegó el chubasco!Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford
Arkansas
Water StepsA. LaFaye
California
Steinbeck’s GhostLewis Buzbee
Colorado
Down, Down, DownSteve Jenkins
Connecticut
For the DurationTomie dePaola
Delaware
The Sweet Life of Stella MadisonLara M. Zeises
District of Columbia
Our White House: Looking In, Looking OutVarious Authors/National Children’s Book & Literacy Alliance
Florida
TangerineEdward Bloor
Georgia
14 Cows for AmericaCarmen Agra Deedy
Hawaii
A President from HawaiiDr. Carolan
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Idaho
Mudgie & MillieSusan Nipp
Illinois
Our Abe LincolnJim Aylesworth
Indiana
Diamond WillowHelen Frost
Iowa
The Rope WalkCarrie Brown
Kansas
Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost AviatorShelley Tanaka
Kentucky
A Family for Old Mill FarmShutta Crum
Louisiana
Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and SurvivalKirby Larson & Mary Nethery
Maine
The Dump Man’s TreasuresLynn Pourde
Maryland
Granddaddy’s Street SongsMonalisa DeGross
Massachusetts
One HenKatie Smith Milway
Michigan
Pocketful of PassageLoraine Campbell
Minnesota
Night DrivingJohn Coy
Mississippi
The Secret Life of Walter AndersonHester Bass
Missouri
The Feedsack DressCarolyn Mulford
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Montana
Bug Feats of MontanaDeborah Richie Oberbillig
Nebraska
Room One: A Mystery or TwoAndrew Clements
Nevada
The Orange SlipknotJan Young
New Hampshire
To My Countrywomen: The Life of Sarah Josepha HaleMuriel L. Dubois
New Jersey
Mrs. Spitzer’s GardenEdith Pattou
New Mexico
Juan the Bear and the Water of LifeEnrique Lamadrid & Juan Estevan Arellano
New York
River of Dreams: The Story of the Hudson RiverHudson Talbott
North Carolina
Blackbeard: The Pirate KingJ. Patrick Lewis
North Dakota
Gift HorseS. D. Nelson
Ohio
The Goosebump SeriesR. L. Stine
Oklahoma
S Is for SoonerKandy Radzinski
Oregon
Apples to OregonDeborah Hopkinson
Pennsylvania
Jim Thorpe: Original All-AmericanJoseph Bruchac
Rhode Island
Lemonade MouthMark Peter Hughes
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South Carolina
Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter, DaveLeonard Todd
South Dakota
The Jumping Off PlaceMarian Hurd McNeely
Tennessee
Autumn Winifred Oliver Does Things DifferentKristin O’Donnell Tubb
Texas
The Evolution of Calpurnia TateJacqueline Kelly
U.S. Territories
Juan Bobo: Four Folktales from Puerto RicoCarmen T. Bernier-Grand
Utah
Book of a Thousand DaysShannon Hale
Vermont
Electra to the Rescue: Saving a Steamboat and the Story of Shelburne MuseumValerie Biebuyck
Virginia
Students on StrikeJohn A. Stokes
Washington
Jacob Lawrence: American Scenes, American StrugglesNancy Shroyer Howard
West Virginia
Golden Delicious: A Cinderella Apple StoryAnna Eagan Smucker
Wisconsin
Old BearKevin Henkes
Wyoming
Friday My Radio Flyer FlewZachary Pullen
