Explore New Worlds Booklist

Books can open windows to new worlds and doors to adventure. As part of its Lifelong Literacy Campaign, which encourages children and young adults to become engaged in reading, the Library of Congress presents a sampling of suggested books that will spark imagination and transport readers to new and exciting places. Look for them at your public library or in your local bookstore. Explore new worlds. Read.

Featured Books:

• The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka
• The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
• A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
• Holes by Louis Sachar
• Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
• Maniac McGee by Jerry Spinelli
• Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
• Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry
• Hatchet by Gary Paulson

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