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2018 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

Alabama: My Home Sweet HomeCharles Ghigna

Alaska

How Raven Got His Crooked NoseBarbara J. Atwater and Ethan J. Atwater

Arizona

Insignificant Events in the Life of a CactusDusti Bowling

Arkansas

March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock NineMelba Pattillo Beals

California

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their LivesDashka Slater

Colorado

Life in a FishbowlLen Vlahos

Connecticut

Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of ParaguaySusan Hood

Delaware

My Shot: Balancing It All and Standing TallElena Delle Donne

District of Columbia

Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and LinesJean Walker Harvey

Florida

Ally & Jordi’s Adventures Through FloridaRachel Basan Porter

Georgia

Countdown: 2979 Days to the MoonSuzanne Slade and Thomas Gonzalez

Hawaii

By Request Highlights: The Search for Hawaii’s Greatest Recipes ContinuesBetty Shimabukuro

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Idaho

Beauty and the BeakDeborah Lee Rose and Jane Veltkamp

Illinois

Creepy Pair of Underwear!Aaron Reynolds

Indiana

Made You UpFrancesca Zappia

Iowa

FrankenbunnyJill Esbaum

Kansas

That Is My Dream!Langston Hughes and Daniel Miyares

Kentucky

What Forest KnowsGeorge Ella Lyon

Louisiana

Bayou Song: Creative Explorations of the South Louisiana LandscapeMargaret Simon

Maine

Charlotte’s WebE.B. White

Maryland

Drawn TogetherMinh Lê and Dan Santat

Massachusetts

Fascinating: The Life of Leonard NimoyRichard Michelson

Michigan

Clever Beatrice: An Upper Peninsula ConteMargaret Willey

Minnesota

A Different PondBao Phi and Thi Bui

Mississippi

Midnight Without a MoonLinda Williams Jackson

Missouri

Crawly School for Bugs: Poems to Drive You BuggyDavid Harrison

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Montana

Evelyn Cameron: Photographer on the Western PrairieLorna Milne

Nebraska

Choose Your DaysPaula Wallace

Nevada

This Is ItDaria Peoples-Riley

New Hampshire

The Runaway’s GoldEmilie Christie Burack

New Jersey

Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No NormalG. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona

New Mexico

The Secret ProjectJonah Winter and Jeanette Winter

New York

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. FrankweilerE.L. Konigsburg

North Carolina

Sam the Man & the Dragon Van PlanFrances O’Roark Dowell

North Dakota

I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888Lauren Tarshis

Ohio

The Seventh Most Important ThingShelley Pearsall

Oklahoma

The Survivor TreeGaye Sanders

Oregon

Piecing Me TogetherRenée Watson

Pennsylvania

World Make Way: New Poems Inspired by Art from the Metropolitan Museum of ArtEdited by Lee Bennett Hopkins

Rhode Island

Paddington Storybook CollectionMichael Bond and R.W. Alley

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South Carolina

He Said/She SaidKwame Alexander

South Dakota

In the Footsteps of Crazy HorseJoseph M. Marshall III

Tennessee

Memphis, Martin and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968Alice Faye Duncan

Texas

Shame the StarsGuadalupe García McCall

U.S. Territories

Teach Me Samoan: Using 31 Daily WordsGerard Aflague

Utah

Desert SolitaireEdward Abbey

Vermont

Grand CanyonJason Chin

Virginia

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space RaceMargot Lee Shetterly

Washington

A Ticket to the Pennant: A Tale of Baseball in SeattleMark Holtzen and John Skewes

West Virginia

LifeCynthia Rylant

Wisconsin

In the Middle of FallKevin Henkes

Wyoming

Is it True?Eugene Gagliano and Sarah Bradstreet