Read Across America festivities encourage children to read from an early age to build lifelong literacy skills. Created by the National Education Association in 1998, this holiday celebrates children and parents reading together every day.
Northeast
Connecticut
Delaware
The Baby-Sitters Club: the Summer Before
by Ann M. Martin
We Dream of Space
by Erin Entrada KellyMaine
Maryland
The Last True Poets of the Sea
by Julia Drake
Red Kaya
by Priscilla CummingsMassachusetts
New Hampshire
Make Way for Ducklings
by Robert McCloskey
Freak the Mighty
by W. R. PhilbrickNew Jersey
New York
Tell Us We’re Home
by Marina Tamar Budhos
The Brooklyn Bridge
by Lynn CurleePennsylvania
Rhode Island
Saving The Liberty Bella
by Megan McDonald
The Art of Keeping Cool
by Janet Taylor LisleVermont
Phoenix Rising
by Karen HesseSoutheast
Alabama
Arkansas
The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963
by Christopher Paul Curtis
March Forward, Girl
by Melba BealsFlorida
Georgia
Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
Kira-Kira
by Cynthia KadohataKentucky
Louisiana
Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
by Janet Halfmann
Freedom In Congo Square
by Carole Boston WeatherfordMississippi
North Carolina
Zack
by William Bell
The Ride: The Legend of Betsy Dowdy
by Kitty GriffinSouth Carolina
Tennessee
Hey, Charleston! The True Story Of The Jenkins Orphanage Band
by Anne F. Rockwell
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968
by Alice Faye DuncanVirginia
Washington, D.C.
Bridge To Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
Monday’s Not Coming: a Novel
by Tiffany D. JacksonWest Virginia
Shiloh
by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorMidwest
Illinois
Indiana
My Chocolate Year: A Novel With 12 Recipes
by Charlotte Herman
Turtles All the Way Down
by John GreenIowa
Kansas
Bird
by Crystal Chan
The Monument
by Gary PaulsenMichigan
Minnesota
Elijah Of Buxton
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Powwow Summer: A Family Celebrates the Circle of Life
by Marcie R. RendonMissouri
Nebraska
The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher
by Jessica Lawson
Room One: A Mystery or Two
by Andrew ClementsNorth Dakota
Ohio
Sitting Bull and His World
by Albert Marrin
M. C. Higgins, The Great
by Virginia. HamiltonSouth Dakota
Wisconsin
We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom
Ida B: –And Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save The World
by Katherine HanniganSouthwest
Arizona
New Mexico
Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
Kokopelli’s Flute
by Will HobbsOklahoma
Bad News for Outlaws: the Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
by Vaunda Micheaux NelsonTexas
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
by Angela JohnsonWest
California
Colorado
Esperanza Rising
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Blizzard: Colorado, 1886
by Kathleen DueyIdaho
Montana
The Fences Between Us: the Diary of Piper Davis
by Kirby Larson
The Cloud Chamber
by Joyce MaynardNevada
Oregon
So B. It: a Novel
by Sarah Weeks
Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains
by Deborah HopkinsonUtah
Washington
Journey To Topaz: A Story of The Japanese American Evacuation
by Yoshiko Uchida
Come Back, Salmon: How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought It Back to Life
by Molly ConeWyoming
I Could Do That: Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
by Linda Arms WhitePacific
Alaska
Hawaii
Looking For Alaska
by John Green
A Lei for Tutu
by Rebecca Nevers Fellows
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