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2002 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

Wiley and the Hairy ManMolly Bang

Alaska

Neeluk: An Eskimo Boy in the Days of the Whaling ShipsFrances Kittredge

Arizona

Cactus HotelBrenda Z. Guiberson

Arkansas

Summer of My German SoldierBette Greene

California

Officer Buckle and GloriaPeggy Rathmann

Colorado

The True Story of Nickel the Baby Buffalo Who Thought He Was a DogNancy Savage

Connecticut

On My WayTomie De Paola

Delaware

A Light in the Storm: the Civil War Diary of Amelia MartinKaren Hesse

District of Columbia

A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen BowenKathryn Lasky

Florida

Because of Winn-DixieKate DiCamillo

Georgia

Tales of Uncle Remus: the Adventures of Brer RabbitJulius Lester

Hawaii

Musubi Man: Hawaii’s Gingerbread ManSandi Takayama

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Idaho

Caddie WoodlawnCarol Ryrie Brink

Illinois

A Long Way from ChicagoRichard Peck

Indiana

Garfield: His 9 LivesJim Davis

Iowa

I is for IowaMary Ann Gensicke

Kansas

Climbing Kansas MountainsGeorge Shannon

Kentucky

Mary on HorsebackRosemary Wells

Louisiana

Why Alligator Hates Dog: A Cajun FolktaleJ.J. Reneaux

Maine

Blueberries for SalRobert McCloskey

Maryland

Chadwick the CrabPriscilla Cummings

Massachusetts

Make Way for DucklingsRobert McCloskey

Michigan

The Legend of Sleeping BearKathy-jo Wargin

Minnesota

WingwalkerRosemary Wells

Mississippi

Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryMildred D. Taylor

Missouri

Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain

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Montana

Rescue Josh McGuireBen Mikaelsen

Nebraska

The Girl Who Loved Wild HorsesPaul Goble

Nevada

The Gullywasher (El Chaparrón Torrencial)Joyce Rossi

New Hampshire

Strega NonaTomie De Paola

New Jersey

Molly’s PilgrimBarbara Cohen

New Mexico

…and now MiguelJoseph Krumgold

New York

Stuart LittleE.B. White

North Carolina

Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer BanksCarole Boston Weatherford

North Dakota

Sacagawea-American PathfinderFlora Warren Seymour

Ohio

Fables for Our Time and Famous PoemsJames Thurber

Oklahoma

Woody Guthrie: Poet of the PeopleBonnie Christensen

Oregon

Ramona the BraveBeverly Cleary

Pennsylvania

Growing Up in Coal CountrySusan Campbell Bartoletti

Rhode Island

Something Upstairs: A Tale of GhostsAvi

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South Carolina

Carolina ShoutAlan Schroeder

South Dakota

Little House on the PrairieLaura Ingalls Wilder

Tennessee

Swamp AngelAnnie Issacs

Texas

The Legend of the BluebonnetTomie De Paola

U.S. Territories

Territories and PossessionsThomas G. Aylesworth

Utah

The Great BrainJohn D. Fitzgerald

Vermont

Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing the TreesJim Arnosky

Virginia

Belle Prater’s BoyRuth White

Washington

Our Only May AmeliaJennifer Holm

West Virginia

ShilohPhyllis Reynolds Naylor

Wisconsin

Rascal: A Memoir of a Better EraSterling North

Wyoming

My Friend FlickaMary OHara