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2020 DISCOVER GREAT PLACES THROUGH READINGEvery year, a list of books representing the literary heritage of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico 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 Night the Forest Came to TownCharles Ghigna
Alaska
Children of the First People: Fresh Voices of Alaska’s Native KidsTricia Brown
Arizona
Fry Bread: A Native American Family StoryKevin Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal
Arkansas
Lifestyles of Gods & MonstersEmily Roberson
California
My Papi Has a MotorcycleIsabel Quintero
Colorado
TrumanJean Reidy
Connecticut
New KidJerry Craft
Delaware
We Dream of SpaceErin Entrada Kelly
District of Columbia
Speak No EvilUzodima Iwaela
Florida
Zora and MeVictoria Bond and T.R. Simon
Georgia
Life In A Frozen World: Wildlife Of AntarcticaMary Batten and Thomas Gonzalez
Hawaii
Daughter of Moloka’iAlan Brennert
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Idaho
Beauty and the BeakDeborah Lee Rose and Jane Veltkamp
Illinois
Hello, Neighbor!: The Kind and Caring World of Mister RogersMatthew Cordell
Indiana
Wake Up, WoodsMichael Homoya and Shane Gibson
Iowa
Amazing Iowa WomenKaty Swalwell, Ph.D.
Kansas
Journey to a Promised Land: A Story of the ExodustersAllison Lassieur
Kentucky
Voices of Justice: Poems About People Working for a Better WorldGeorge Ella Lyon
Louisiana
Bonfires on the Levee, A Louisiana Christmas TraditionJohnette Downing
Maine
Magnificent Homespun BrownSamara Cole Doyon
Maryland
Farah Rocks Fifth GradeSusan Muaddi Darraj
Massachusetts
The Word CollectorPeter H. Reynolds
Michigan
Sport: Ship Dog of the Great LakesPamela Cameron
Minnesota
A Map into the WorldKao Kalia Yang
Mississippi
Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy WatersMichael Mahin
Missouri
Big Papa and the Time MachineDaniel Bernstrom
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Montana
CinderyetiPrecious McKenzie
Nebraska
A is for Astronaut: Blasting Through the AlphabetClayton Anderson
Nevada
Petro and the Flea KingKenneth Lamug
New Hampshire
The Girl and the Witch’s GardenErin Bowman
New Jersey
RobobabyDavid Wiesner
New Mexico
Through Georgia’s EyesRachel Rodriguez and Julie Paschkis
New York
Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an IslandJennifer Thermes
North Carolina
My NC From A to ZMichelle Lanier and Dare Coulter
North Dakota
The Night WatchmanLouise Erdrich
Ohio
American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race (Young Readers’ Edition)Douglas Brinkley
Oklahoma
Bear is Awake!Hannah E. Harrison
Oregon
How to Be an ElephantKatherine Roy
Pennsylvania
Feed Your Mind: A Story of August WilsonJen Bryant
Puerto Rico
Mi isla bella, mi isla hermosaIsset M. Pastrana-Andino
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Rhode Island
The Bridge HomePadma Venkatraman
South Carolina
This Is the RopeJacquline Woodson
South Dakota
Spotted TailDavid Heska Wanbli Weiden
Tennessee
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to ReadRita Lorraine Hubbard
Texas
Butterfly YellowThanhhà Lại
U.S. Territories
I Am the Virgin IslandsTiphanie Yanique
Utah
Desert SolitaireEdward Abbey
Vermont
Right as RainLindsey Stoddard
Virginia
The UndefeatedKwame Alexander
Washington
Peanut Butter and JellyBen Clanton
West Virginia
Free VerseSarah Dooley
Wisconsin
Little Libraries, Big HeroesMiranda Paul
Wyoming
World War II POW Camps of WyomingCheryl O’Brien