Read-a-Thon Book Recommendations: Week of March 9
Read-a-Thon Book Recommendations: Week of March 9
A Children’s Book for Every State
Looking for some book ideas to kick off our Lenten Readathon benefiting Children’s Hospital Los Angeles? The Week Junior put together a fabulous list of books set in all 50 states!
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Questions? Email Ashley Mackel
A Children’s Book for Every State
Alabama- Wonderland by Barbara O’Connor
Alaska- Dogging by Gary Paulsen
Arizona -Dust by Dusti Bowling
Arkansas- Unplugged by Gordon Korman
California- Mr Whiskers and the Shenanigan Sisters by Wendelin Van Draanen
Colorado- Alone by Megan E. Freeman
Connecticut- Because of Mr Terupt by Rob Buyea
Delaware- We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly
Florida- Beast by Watt Key
Georgia- Futureland: Battle for the Park by H.D. Hunter
Hawaii- Kaya of the Ocean by Gloria L Huang
Idaho- Out of Range by Heidi Lang
Illinois- Doodleville by Chad Sell
Indiana- Unfadeable by Maurice Broaddus
Iowa- Dewey the Library Cat: A True Story- by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter
Kansas- The Amelia Six- by Kristin L. Gray
Kentucky- Light Comes to Shadow Mountain by Toni Buzzeo
Louisiana- Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Maine- Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
Maryland- Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd
Massachusetts- Karthik Delivers by Sheela Chari
Michigan- Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Minnesota- Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Mississippi- The Lucky Ones by Linda Williams Jackson
Missouri- Now You Say Yes by Bill Harley
Montana- 15 Secrets to Survival by Natalie D Richards
Nebraska- One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Nevada- Phantom Stallion: The Wild One by Terri Farley
New Hampshire- A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements
New Jersey- The Big Break by Mark Tatulli
New Mexico- The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto by Adrianna Cuevas
New York- The Tapper Twins: Tear up New York by Geoff Rodkey
North Carolina- The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
North Dakota- A Sky Full of Song by Susan Lynn Meyer
Ohio- Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
Oklahoma- Salt Magic by Hope Larson
Oregon- Race for the Ruby Turtle by Stephen Bramucci
Pennsylvania- In Honor of Broken Things by Paul Acampora
Rhode Island- The Art of the Swap by Kristine Asselin
South Carolina- The Creepening of Dogwood House by Eden Royce
South Dakota- The Mount Rushmore Calamity by Jeff Brown
Tennessee- The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Texas- Bridge to Bat City by Ernest Cline
Utah- Ghost Horses: A Mystery in Zion National Park
Vermont- Goosebumps House of Shivers: Goblin Monday by R.L. Stine
Virginia- Juneberry Blue by Candice Ransom
Washington- A Galaxy of Whales by Heather Fawcett
Washington D.C.- National Archive Hunters: Capital Chase by Matthew Landis
West Virginia- Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Wisconsin- Hello From Renn Lake by Michele Weber Hurwitz
Wyoming- Wilder Boys by Brandon Wallace
