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2005 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 First Part LastAngela Johnson

Alaska

Kitaq Goes Ice FishingMargaret Nicolai

Arizona

Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western CinderellaSusan Lowell

Arkansas

A Painted HouseJohn Grisham

California

Al Capone Does My ShirtsGennifer Choldenko

Colorado

JackalopeJanet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel

Connecticut

Can You See What I See?: Seymour and the Juice Box BoatWalter Wick

Delaware

Contents Under PressureLara M. Zeises

District of Columbia

Madame President: The Extraordinary, True (and Evolving) Story of Women in PoliticsCatherine Thimmesh

Florida

HootCarl Hiaasen

Georgia

Miracle: The True Story of the Wreck of the Sea VentureGail Langer Karwoski

Hawaii

Sand to Sea: Marine Life of HawaiiStephanie Feeney & Ann Fielding

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Idaho

P Is for Potato: An Idaho AlphabetStan Steiner & Joy Steiner

Illinois

The Wonderful Wizard of OzL. Frank Baum

Indiana

How I Found the StrongMargaret McMullan

Iowa

Family PicturesCarmen Lomas Garza

Kansas

Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas: A Field GuideMichael John Haddock

Kentucky

Mother to TigersGeorge Ella Lyon

Louisiana

My Louisiana SkyKimberly Willis Holt

Maine

Thanks to the AnimalsAllen Sockabasin

Maryland

Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later)Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard

Massachusetts

Johnny TremainEsther Forbes

Michigan

The Edmund Fitzgerald: Song of the BellKathy-Jo Wargin

Minnesota

GodlessPete Hautman

Mississippi

1 Mississippi, 2 MississippiMichael Shoulders

Missouri

The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the SupernaturalPatricia C. McKissack

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Montana

B is for Big Sky Country, A Montana AlphabetSneed B. Collard, III

Nebraska

Santa’s Secrets REVEALEDJames Solheim & Barry Gott (illus.)

Nevada

Rhyolite: the True Story of a Ghost TownDiane Siebert

New Hampshire

Home to Me, Home to YouJennifer A. Ericsson

New Jersey

G is for Garden StateEileen Cameron

New Mexico

Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian TaleGerald McDermott

New York

My Side of the MountainJean Craighead George

North Carolina

Back HomeGloria Jean Pinkney

North Dakota

HondoLouis L’Amour

Ohio

Strawberry GirlLois Lenski

Oklahoma

I Have Heard of a LandJoyce Carol Thomas

Oregon

Bat 6Virginia Euwer Wolff

Pennsylvania

Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack: An Alphabetical AdventureDoreen Cronin

Rhode Island

Whisper in the DarkJoseph Bruchac

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South Carolina

African Princess: The Amazing Lives of Africa’s Royal WomenJoyce Hansen

South Dakota

Mount RushmoreJean Patrick

Tennessee

Six Million Paper Clips: The Making of A Children’s Holocaust MemorialPeter W. Schroeder & Dagmar Schroeder-Hildebrand

Texas

Miss Lady Bird’s WildflowersKathi Appelt

U.S. Territories

Adventuras de Juan BoboMaria Ines Forastieri

Utah

Pia Toya - A Goshute Indian LegendThe Confederated Tribes of the Goshute

Vermont

Jip, His StoryKatherine Paterson

Virginia

George vs. George: The Revolutionary War as Seen by Both SidesRosalyn Schanzer

Washington

Where Do I Sleep? A Pacific Northwest LullabyJennifer Blomgren

West Virginia

ShilohPhyllis Reynolds Naylor

Wisconsin

Lilly’s Purple Plastic PurseKevin Henkes

Wyoming

Brave Dogs, Gentle Dogs: How They Guard SheepCat Urbigkit