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Book Adventure and Read Across America Team Up

Read Across America The National Education Association’s (NEA) Read Across America has teamed up with Rex & Bailey for a reading adventure that will have you reading across the country without ever leaving your hometown! To start your adventure, select a state below and browse the titles related to our 50 states and the District of Columbia. Once you are finished reading the books, return to the website to complete the corresponding online quiz.

Alabama
Idaho
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Alaska
Illinois
Montana
Rhode Island
Arizona
Indiana
Nebraska
South Carolina
Arkansas
Iowa
Nevada
South Dakota
California
Kansas
New Hampshire
Tennessee
Colorado
Kentucky
New Jersey
Texas
Connecticut
Louisiana
New Mexico
Utah
Delaware
Maine
New York
Vermont
Dist. of Columbia
Maryland
North Carolina
Virginia
Florida
Massachusetts
North Dakota
Washington
Georgia
Michigan
Ohio
West Virginia
Hawaii
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Wisconsin

Mississippi
Oregon
Wyoming

State Title Author Reading
Level
Alabama Forever Amber Brown Danzinger, Paula 3.0
  I Am Rosa Parks Parks, Rosa 4.0
  Watsons Go to Birmingham, The Curtis, Christopher 4.9
  The Forty Acre Swindle Jackson, Dave 5.0
  Just Like Martin Davis, Ossie 5.6
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Level
Alaska Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto, The Standiford, Natalie 2.7
  Kiana's Iditarod Gill, Shelly 4.0
  Julie of the Wolves Craighead, George 5.6
  Gentle Ben Morey, Walt 6.8
  Call of the Wild London, Jack 8.1
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Level
Arizona Annie and the Old One Miles, Miska 3.0
  Tarantula Shoes Birdseye, Tom 3.0
  Brighty of the Grand Canyon Henry, Marguerite 6.3
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Arkansas Bound for Oregon Leeuwen, Jean Van 4.0
  Only the Names Remain: The Cherokee and the Trail of Tears Bealer, Alex W. 5.0
  Get Out of Here, Phillip Hall Greene, Bette 5.2
  Summer of My German Soldier Greene, Bette 7.4
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Level
California Working Cotton Williams, Sherley 1.0
  Smoky Night Bunting, Eve 2.0
  Grandfather's Journey Say, Allen 2.4
  Song of the Swallows Politi, Leo 3.0
  Earthquake Terror Kehret, Peg 4.0
  Cat Running Snyder, Zilpha Keatley 4.8
  Annie's Promise Levitin, Sonia 5.2
  Island of the Blue Dolphins O'Dell, Scott 5.5
  Dragonwings Yep, Laurence 5.5
  Ballad of Lucy Whipple Cuashman, Karen 6.0
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Level
Colorado In Search of the Grand Canyon: Down the Colorado with John Wesley Powell Fraser, Mary Ann; Powell, John Wesley 3.0
  Dreamplace Lyon, George 3.0
  Prairie School Lenski, Lois 4.5
  Bearstone Hobbs, Will 4.8
  Great Turkey Walk, The Karr, Kathleen 5.0
  Seven Songs of Merlin, The Macaulay, David 6.0
  Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde Arnold, Caroline 6.1
  Bear Dance Hobbs, Will 6.1
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Connecticut McBroom Tells the Truth Fleishman, Sid 3.0
  Courage of Sarah Noble, The Dalgliesh, Alice 4.4
  Windcatcher Avi 5.0
  From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Konigsburg, E.L. 6.0
  Witch of Blackbird Pond Speare, Elizabeth 7.4
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Delaware Revolutionary War on Wednesday Osborne, Mary Pope 2.0
  Between Earth and Sky Bruchac, Joseph 4.0
  Light in the Storm Hesse, Karen 5.0
  Light in the Forest, A Richter, Conrad 7.6
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Level
Dist. of Columbia Arthur Meets the President Brown, Marc 2.0
  Wall Eye, The Bunting, Eve 2.3
  Saving Grace Cummings, Patricia 5.0
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Florida Sunken Treasure Gibbons, Gail 2.8
  Shortcut Crews, Donald 3.0
  Bigmama's Crews, Donald 3.3
  Because of Winn Dixie DiCamillo, Kate 4.0
  Stealing Home Stolz, Mary 5.2
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Level
Georgia Pink and Say Polacco, Patricia 2.3
  Only the Names Remain: the Cherokee and the Trail of Tears Bealer, Alex W. 5.0
  Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain Burch, Robert 6.1
  Turn Homeward Hannalee Beatty, Patricia 6.5
  Red Cap Wisler, G. Clifton 6.8
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Level
Hawaii Luka's Quilt Guback, Georgia 1.0
  Pearl Harbor is Burning: A Story of World War II Kudlinkski, Kathleen 3.8
  Dumpling Soup Rattigan, Jama K. 4.0
  Under the Blood Red Sun Salisbury, Graham 5.5
  Last Princess: The Story of Princess Ka'iulani of Hawaii, The Stanley, Fay 6.9
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Level
Idaho Here at the Scenic-Vu Motel Wyss, Thelma 6.1
  Walk Two Moons Creech, Sharon 6.6
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Illinois Christmas Blizzard Ketteman, Helen 2.0
  Ruth Law Thrills a Nation Brown, Don 2.0
  Great Fire, The Murphy, Jim 4.9
  Long Way from Chicago, A Peck, Richard 6.0
  Lincoln, a Photo Biography Freedman, Russell 6.5
  Year Down Yonder, A Peck, Richard 7.0
  Across Five Aprils Hunt, Irene 7.0
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Indiana Running Out of Time Haddix, Margaret Peterson 5.1
  Red Sky at Morning Wyman, Andrea 5.6
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Iowa Mystery of Pony Hollow Hall, Lynn 0.0
  Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express Wetterer, Margaret 3.0
  McBroom Tells The Truth Fleischman, Sid 3.0
  Ghost of Lizard Light, The Woodruff, Elvira; Clayton, Elaine 4.0
  Squashed Bauer, Joan 6.9
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Kansas Wagon Wheels Brenner, Barbara; Bolognese, Don 2.4
  Little House on the Prairie Wilder, Laura Ingalls 4.0
  Monument, The Paulsen, Gary 5.0
  Rifles for Watie Harold, Keith 7.1
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Kentucky Sally Ann Thunder and Whirlwind Crockett Kellogg, Steven 2.0
  Tarantula Shoes Birdseye, Tom 3.0
  Chasing Redbird Creech, Sharon 5.7
  Daniel Boone Daugherty, James 7.5
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Level
Louisiana Blackwater Swamp Wallace, Bill 4.8
  Home On The Bayou Karas, G. Brian 2.5
  Million Fish...More or Less, A McKissack, Patricia; Schutzer, Dena 2.0
  Mama Don't Allow Hurd, Thatcher 2.5
  Story of Ruby Bridges, The Coles, Robert; Ford, George 2.8
  Talking Eggs, The San Souci, Robert 4.0
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Level
Maine One Morning in Maine McClosky, Robert 2.0
  Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie Roop, Peter; Roop, Connie 2.5
  Time of Wonder McClosky, Robert 3.2
  Blueberries for Sal McClosky, Robert 3.8
  Fudge-A-Mania Blume, Judy 4.0
  Sign of the Beaver Speare, Elizabeth George 5.7
  Calico Bush Field, Rachel 6.8
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Level
Maryland Chita's Christmas Tree Howard, Elizabeth 2.4
  By Dawn's Early Light Kroll, Steven 3.0
  Picture Book of Harriet Tubman, A Adler, David 3.0
  Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) Howard, Elizabeth 4.0
  Anna All Year Round Hahn, Mary Downing 4.0
  String of Chances, A Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 5.0
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Level
Massachusetts Letting Swift River Go Yolen, Jane 1.0
  Comet's Nine Lives Brett, Jan 2.8
  She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head Lasky, Kathryn 3.0
  Make Way for Ducklings McClosky, Robert 3.1
  Island Far From Home, An Donahue, John 4.0
  Anastasia Krupnik Lowry, Lois 4.0
  Anastasia at Your Service Lowry, Lois 4.0
  Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst Lowry, Lois 4.0
  Johnny Appleseed Kellog, Steven 4.0
  Amos Fortune, Free Man Yates, Elizabeth 5.0
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Michigan Bud, Not Buddy Curtis, Christopher 4.0
  Mrs. Mack Polacco, Patricia 4.0
  Yolanda's Genius Fenner, Carol 4.3
  Watsons Go to Birmingham, The Curtis, Christopher 4.9
  Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A Smith, Betty 7.0
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Minnesota Betsy-Tacy Lovelace, Maud 3.9
  On the Banks of Plum Creek Wilder, Laura Ingalls 4.5
  Tracker Paulsen, Gary 6.5
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Level
Mississippi Haunted Cabin Mystery, The: Boxcar Children Series Warner, Gertrude Chandler 3.1
  Mississippi Bridge Taylor, Mildred 4.0
  Friendship, The Taylor, Mildred 4.0
  Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Taylor, Mildred 6.9
  Let The Circle Be Unbroken Taylor, Mildred 7.3
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Missouri Great Shaking: An Account of the Earthquakes of 1811 & 1812, The Carson, Jo; Parker, Robert A. 2.4
  Little House on Rocky Ridge MacBride, Roger 4.5
  Story of Sacajawea: Guide to Lewis and Clark, The Rowland, Della 5.0
  Great Turkey Walk, The Karr, Kathleen 5.0
  Jayhawker Beatty, Patricia 6.2
  Adventures of Tom Sawyer Twain, Mark 7.0
  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Twain, Mark 7.0
  Place to Belong, A Nixon, Joan 7.3
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Montana Wolf Stalker Skurzynski, Gloria 3.0
  Smoky, the Cow Horse James, Will 6.6
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Nebraska Dandelions Bunting, Eve 3.1
  Night of the Twisters Ruckman, Ivy 4.0
  Gratefully Yours Buchanan, Jane 5.0
  Prairie Songs Conrad, Pam 5.4
  My Daniel Conrad, Pam 6.1
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Level
Nevada Snowshoe Thompson Levinson, Nancy 3.0
  Cowboy Country Scott, Ann Herbert 3.0
  Alice Rose and Sam: A Novel Lasky, Kathryn 6.0
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Level
New Hampshire Miss Hickory Bailey, Carolyn 5.2
  Gathering of Days, A Blos, Joan 6.9
  Our Town Wilder, Thornton 8.0
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New Jersey The Battlefield Ghost Cuyler, Margery 3.0
  Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid Myers, Walter Dean 3.0
  George Washington's Socks Wooddruff, Elvira 4.0
  Fighting Ground Avi 5.0
  Henry Reed, Inc. Robertson, Keith 5.5
  Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service Robertson, Keith 5.5
  Captain Grey Avi 6.0
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Level
New Mexico Cowboys Anderson, Joan 3.7
  Watch Out for Clever Women/Cuidado Con Las Mujeres Astutas: Hispanic Folktales Hayes, Joe 5.0
  Sing Down the Moon O'Dell, Scott 5.3
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New York Basket Moon Ray, Mary Lyn 2.0
  Ruth Law Thrills a Nation Brown, Don 2.0
  Lyle, Lyle Crocodile Waber, Bernard 2.8
  Tar Beach Ringold, Faith 3.0
  Hattie and the Wild Waves Cooney, Barbara 3.0
  Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein Hurwitz, Johanna 3.7
  How Pizza Came to Queens Khalsa, Dayal 4.0
  Farmer Boy Wilder, Laura Ingalls 4.3
  Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Blume, Judy 4.9
  Remember Me to Harold Square Danziger, Paula 4.9
  Matchlock Gun, the Edmonds, Walter D. 5.7
  Cricket in Times Square, The Selden, George 6.2
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North Carolina Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree, The Houston, Gloria 3.8
  My Great-Aunt Arizona Houston, Gloria 3.9
  Meet Addy: an American Girl Porter, Connie 4.0
  Fine White Dust, A Rylant, Cynthia 4.7
  Who Comes With Cannons Beatty, Patricia 5.5
  Where Lilies Bloom Cleaver, Vera 5.5
  Wright Brothers Freedman, Russell 6.9
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North Dakota Buffalo Before Breakfast Osbourne, Mary Pope 2.0
  Dakota Dugout Turner, Ann 2.9
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Level
Ohio Borning Room, The Fleischman, Paul 5.5
  Lentil McClosky, Robert 3.0
  M.C. Higgins the Great Hamilton, Virginia 6.2
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Level
Oklahoma Angels in the Dust Essly, Roger; Raven, Margot 2.2
  Jingle Dancer Smith, Cynthia Leitich 3.0
  Red-Dirt Hessie Myers, Anna 3.9
  Out of the Dust Hesse, Karen 5.0
  Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls, Winston 5.7
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Level
Oregon Trouble for Lucy Stevens, Carla 4.5
  Children of the River Crew, Linda 5.6
  Barn, The Avi 5.8
  Bat 6 Wolff, Virginia Euwer 6.0
  Girl From Yamhill Cleary, Beverly 7.0
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Pennsylvania What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? Fritz, Jean 3.4
  Cabin Faced West, The Fritz, Jean 4.5
  Knots in My Yo-Yo String Spinelli, Jerry 5.0
  I Am Regina Keehn, Sally 5.3
  Long Road to Gettysburg, The Murphy, Jim 6.5
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Rhode Island Nickommoh! A Narragansett Thanksgiving Celebration Koller, Jackie French 3.0
  Finding Providence: the Story of Roger Williams Avi 3.0
  Something Upstairs Avi 5.1
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South Carolina Hurricane Mystery, The Warner, Gertrude Chandler 3.3
  Keeping Room, The Myers, Anna 6.0
  I Thought My Soul Would Rise Up and Fly: The Diary of Patsy Hansen, Joyce 7.0
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South Dakota First Four Years, The Wilder, Laura Ingalls 4.0
  Little Town on the Prairie Wilder, Laura Ingalls 4.0
  Long Winter, The Wilder, Laura Ingalls 4.4
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Tennessee Band of Angels: a Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers, A Hopkinson, Deborah 1.0
  Wilma Unlimited Krull, Kathleen 3.0
  Swamp Angel Isaacs, Anne 5.3
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Texas Armadillo Rodeo Brett, Jan 2.0
  Legend of the Bluebonnet dePaolo, Tomie 2.1
  Hank, the Cow Dog Erickson, John 4.1
  Old Yeller Gipson, Fred 5.4
  Holes Sachar, Louis 7.0
  Search for the Shadowman Nixon, Joan Lowery 7.0
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Utah Great Brain, The Fitzgerald, John D. 4.8
  Hostage Myers, Edward 5.5
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Vermont Snowflake Bentley Martin, Jacqueline 1.0
  Soup Peck, Robert Newton 4.6
  Canada Geese Quilt, The Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie 4.7
  Soup and Me Peck, Robert Newton 5.0
  Day No Pigs Would Die, A Peck, Robert Newton 5.0
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Level
Virginia George Washington's Breakfast Fritz, Jean 3.0
  Misty of Chincoteague Henry, Marguerite 5.8
  Bridge to Terabithia Paterson, Katherine 6.0
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Washington Turtle People Guiberson, Brenda 4.0
  Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mt. St. Helens Lauber, Patricia 4.5
  Rain Catchers, The Thesman, Jean 5.0
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West Virginia Shiloh Season Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 3.6
  Saving Shiloh Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 5.0
  Shiloh Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 5.7
  Missing May Rylant, Cynthia 7.0
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Wisconsin Little House in the Big Woods Wilder, Laura Ingalls 4.2
  Thimble Summer Enright, Elizabeth 4.9
  Caddie Woodlawn Brink, Carol 5.3
  Rascal North, Sterling 7.0
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Wyoming Legend of the Indian Paintbrush Paola, Tomiede 2.0
  Stone Fox Gardiner, John Reynolds 4.7
  Red Dog Wallace, Bill 5.0
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