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Great Reads About Great Places
Each year the Library of Congress’ Center for the Book asks each state to submit a title to be included in the “Great Reads About Great Places” reading list. The list is then included on the Discover Great Places Through Reading Map that is distributed in the Pavilion of the States at the National Book Festival.
The Empire State Center for the Book, the New York State affiliate of the national Center for the Book is proud to provide the list of these good read for children or teens selected since 2002.
2002: Stuart Little by E.B. White
2003: Stuart Little by E.B. White
2004: Eloise, a Book for Precocious Grown Ups by Kay Thompson
2005: My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
2006: Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
2007: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
2008: Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City by Janet Schulman
2009: River of Dreams: The Story of the Hudson River by Hudson Talbott
2010: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
2011: Journey to Mohawk Country by George O’Connor
2012: Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
2013: Next Stop Grand Central by Maira Kalman
2014: Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet
2015: Rain, Reign by Ann M. Martin
2016: Lost in NYC
2017: The Little Red Light House and The Great Gray Bridge
2018: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweile
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2019: Hariett the Spy
2020: Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island (Click for more information about the book)