For 2026, our theme is “Reading is the Road to Success”, and we’ll be taking a road trip across the United States! Children will visit every state through stories and crafts with Miss Kristina! Story Hour is held on the first and third Wednesdays of the month, starting at 10:15 am.
Here’s our travel itinerary for the year, along with reading lists from previous weeks if you’d like to place holds on them and read along at home! Click on the triangles next to each week to see the reading lists.
Week 7: West Virginia and North Carolina
West Virginia
- “What’s great about West Virginia?” by Sheri Dillard
- “West Virginia” by Betsy Rathburn
- “A piece of home” by Jeri Hanel Watts
- “When I was young in the mountains” by Cynthia Rylant
- “Passing the music down” by Sarah Sullivan
- “John Denver’s Take me home, country roads” by Christopher Canyon
- “Canary in the coal mine” by Madelyn Rosenberg
- “Let me fix you a plate : a tale of two kitchens” by Elizabeth Lilly
- “With books and bricks : how Booker T. Washington built a school” by Suzanne Slade
North Carolina
- “What’s great about North Carolina?” by Anita Yasuda
- “Celebrating North Carolina” by Marion Dane Bauer
- “North Carolina” by Nathan Sommer
- “North Carolina” by Ann Heinrichs
- “North Carolina, the first golden state” by Tricia Martineau Wagner
- “The whistling tree” by Audrey Penn
- “Hurricane” by Jason Chin
- “The ride: the legend of Betsy Dowdy” by Kitty Griffin
- “The mystery of the wild ponies” by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- “Whirligigs : the wondrous windmills of Vollis Simpson’s imagination” by Carole Boston Weatherford
- “Back home” by Gloria Jean Pinkney
- “The mystery at Kill Devil Hills” by Carole Marsh
- “The mystery of the lost colony” by Carole Marsh
- “Catfish noodling courage” by Matt Chandler
- “The dark skies mystery : a World War II thriller” by Deron R. Hicks
- “The library in the woods” by Calvin A. Ramsey
- “Ernestine’s milky way” by Kerry Madden
- “Miss Dorothy and her bookmobile” by Gloria Houston
- “First flight : the story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers” by George Shea
- “Dove hunt : Carolina catastrophe” by Emily L. Hay Hinsdale
- “Can you spot Blackbeard’s treasure? : an interactive treasure adventure” by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
- “The Wright brothers : inventors of the airplane” by Wendie C. Old
- “First flight” by SJ King
- “Will and Orv” by Walter A. Schulz
- “All kinds of planes : a book” by Carl Johanson
- “Louis’ dream plane” by Terry Milne
- “How to eat an airplane” by Peter Pearson
- “Flying high” by Jørgen Stamp
Week 6: Maryland and Virginia
Maryland
- “What’s great about Maryland?” by Anita Yasuda
- “Maryland” by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
- “Maryland” by Ann Heinrichs
- “Written in bone : buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland” by Sally M. Walker
- “Resisting British rule : an interactive American Revolution adventure” by Elizabeth Raum
- “Anna on the farm” by Mary Downing Hahn
- “Goliath: Hero of the great Baltimore fire” by Claudia Friddell
- “Her name was Mary Katharine : the only woman whose name is on the Declaration of Independence” by Ella Schwartz
- “Anna all year round” by Mary Downing Hahn
- “Falcons nest on skyscrapers” by Priscilla Belz Jenkins
- “Just in time, Abraham Lincoln” by Patricia Polacco
- “Long road to freedom” by Kate Messner
- “Retreat from Gettysburg” by Kathleen Ernst
- “Flute’s journey : the life of a wood thrush” by Lynne Cherry
- “Hog music” by Mary-Clair Helldorfer
- “The town that fooled the British : a War of 1812 story” by Lisa Papp
- “Library on wheels : Mary Lemist Titcomb and America’s first bookmobile” by Sharlee Mullins Glenn
- “The Baltimore bandit” by David Kelly
- “Our flag was still there : the true story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner” by Jessie Hartland
- “Railroad engineer : Olive Dennis” by Kaye Baillie
- “Becoming Babe Ruth” by Matt Tavares
- “Ketzel, the cat who composed” by Lesléa Newman
- “Before she was Harriet : the story of Harriet Tubman” by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- “My indigo world : a true story of the color blue” by Rosa Sung Ji Chang
Virginia
- “What’s great about Virgina?” by Jamie Kallio
- “Celebrating Virginia and Washington, D.C.” by Marion Dane Bauer
- “Virginia” by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
- “Virginia” by Ann Heinrichs
- “Charlotte spies for justice : a Civil War survival story” by Nikki Shannon Smith
- “You wouldn’t want to be an American colonist! : a settlement you’d rather not start” by Jacqueline Morley
- “The relatives came” by Cynthia Rylant
- “Meet Felicity : an American girl” by Valerie Tripp
- “Summer of the woods” by Steven K. Smith
Week 5: Pennsylvania and Delaware
Pennsylvania
- “What’s great about Pennsylvania?” by Kristin Marciniak
- “Celebrating Pennsylvania” by Jane Kurtz
- “Pennsylvania” by Rebecca Sabelko
- “Pennsylvania” by Ann Heinrichs
- “Rebecca rides for freedom : an American Revolution survival story” by Emma Carlson Berne
- “The mystery in Chocolate Town, Hershey, Pennsylvania” by Carole Marsh
- “K is for keystone : a Pennsylvania alphabet” by Kristen Kane
- “A coal miner’s bride : the diary of Anetka Kaminska” by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- “Homespun Sarah” by Verla Kay
- “My mastodon” by Barbara Lowell
- “Can you survive the Johnstown flood? : an interactive history adventure” by Steven Otfinoski
- “Crow call” by Lois Lowry
- “This time, Tempe Wick?” by Patricia Lee Gauch
- “Symphony for a broken orchestra : how Philadelphia collected sounds to save music” by Amy Ignatow
- “The last brother : a Civil War tale” by Trinka Hakes Noble
- “The boy who drew birds : a story of John James Audubon” by Jacqueline Davies
- “On our way to Oyster Bay : Mother Jones and her march for children’s rights” by Monica Kulling
- “I survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863” by Lauren Tarshis
- “Saving the Liberty Bell” by Megan McDonald
- “Oh say, I can’t see” by Jon Scieszka
- “Rachel Carson and her book that changed the world” by Laurie Lawlor
- “The bears on Hemlock Mountain” by Alice Dalgliesh
Delaware
- “What’s great about Delaware?” by Sheri Dillard
- “Delaware” by Colleen A. Sexton
- “Delaware” by Ann Heinrichs
- “F is for First State : a Delaware alphabet” by Carol Crane
- “Marley and the family band” by Cedella Marley
- “The spacesuit : how a seamstress helped put man on the moon” by Alison Donald
- “A light in the storm : the Civil War diary of Amelia Martin” by Karen Hesse
- “Oh say, I can’t see” by Jon Scieszka
- “George Washington crosses the Delaware : would you risk the Revolution?” by Elaine Landau
- “Horseshoe crabs and shorebirds : the story of a food web” by Victoria Crenson
Week 4: New Jersey and New York
New Jersey
- “What’s great about New Jersey?” by Mary Meinking
- “Celebrating New Jersey” by Jane Kurtz
- “New Jersey” by Ann Heinrichs
- “New Jersey” by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
- “I survived the shark attacks of 1916” by Lauren Tarshis
- “Meadowlands : a wetlands survival story” by Thomas Yezerski
- “Kate’s light : Kate Walker at Robbins Reef Lighthouse” by Elizabeth Spires
- “The Hindenburg disaster: doomed airship” by Victoria Sherrow
- “I survived the Hindenburg disaster, 1937” by Lauren Tarshis
New York
- “At Ellis Island: a history in many voices” by Louise Peacock
- “If you were a kid at Ellis Island” by Joana Costa Knufinke
- “If your name was changed at Ellis Island” by Ellen Levine
- “I survived the attacks of September 11, 2001” by Lauren Tarshis
- “What’s great about New York?” by Ann Malaspina
- “Celebrating New York” by Marion Dane Bauer
- “New York” by Alicia Klepeis
- “New York” by Ann Heinrichs
- “Lucy fights the flames : a Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire survival story” by Julie Gilbert
- “Hey kid, want to buy a bridge?” by Jon Scieszka
- “Mirette & Bellini cross Niagara Falls” by Emily Arnold McCully
- “Balloons over Broadway : the true story of the puppeteer of Macy’s Parade” by Melissa Sweet
- “A walk in New York” by Salvatore Rubbino
- “Maxi the little taxi” by Elizabeth Upton
- “Her right foot” by Dave Eggers
- “Lyle Lyle Crocodile” by Bernard Waber
- “Heroes of the surf : a rescue story based on true events” by Elisa Lynn Carbone
- “Taxi : a book of city words” by Betsy Maestro
- “The little red lighthouse and the great, grey bridge” by Hildegarde Hoyt Swift
- “New York City ABC” by John Skewes
- “You can’t take a balloon into the Metropolitan Museum” by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman
- “Larry gets lost in New York City” by Michael Mullin
- “By the sword : a young man meets war” by Selene Castrovilla
- “Lindbergh : the tale of a flying mouse” by Torben Kuhlmann
Week 3: Rhode Island and Connecticut
Rhode Island
- “What’s great about Rhode Island?” by Rebecca Felix
- “Rhode Island” by Betsy Rathburn
- “Rhode Island” by Ann Heinrichs
- “The art of keeping cool” by Janet Taylor Lisle
- “Hens for friends” by Sandy De Lisle
- “Chickens to the rescue” by John Himmelman
Connecticut
- “What’s great about Connecticut?” by Rebecca Rissman
- “Connecticut” by Alicia Klepeis
- “Connecticut” by Ann Heinrichs
- “Gilmore Girls: At home on Stars Hollow” by Micol Ostow
- “Audrey under the big top : a Hartford Circus Fire survival story” by Jessica Gunderson
- “Hannah’s helping hands” by Jean Van Leeuwen
- “The Moffats” by Eleanor Estes
- “Hannah of Fairfield” by Jean Van Leeuwen
- “Noah Webster and his words” by Jeri Ferris
- “Who was P.T. Barnum?” by Kirsten Anderson
- “Warm as wool” by Scott R. Sanders
- “Courage like Kate : the true story of a girl lighthouse keeper” by Anna Crowley Redding
- “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” by Mark Twain
- “26 Fairmount Avenue” by Tomie dePaola
Week 2: New Hampshire and Vermont
New Hampshire
- “What’s great about New Hampshire?” by Rebecca Rissman
- “The New Hampshire colony” by Kevin Cunningham
- “New Hampshire” by Colleen Sexton
- “New Hampshire” by Ann Heinrichs
- “A gathering of days : a New England girl’s journal, 1830-32 : a novel” by Joan W. Blos
- “Enemy in the fort” by Sarah Masters Buckey
- “Tuttle’s Red Barn : the story of America’s oldest family farm” by Richard Michelson
- “Sarah Whitcher’s story” by Elizabeth Yates
- “Granite Baby” by Lynne Bertrand
- “Yours Truly” by Heather Vogel Frederick
- “The bear that heard crying” by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
- “Papa is a poet : a story about Robert Frost” by Natalie Bober
Vermont
- “Vermont” by Colleen Sexton
- “Kate’s Vermont venture” by Janice Hanna
- “What’s great about Vermont?” by Darice Bailer
- “Kitty and Mr. Kipling : neighbors in Vermont” by Lenore Blegvad
- “Nearer nature” by Jim Arnosky
- “Here comes Darrell” by Leda Schubert
- “The story of the Green Mountain Boys” by Susan Clinton
- “A Christmas like Helen’s” by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
- “Vermont” by Ann Heinrichs
- “Bear goes sugaring” by Maxwell Eaton III
- “Sap to syrup” by Inez Snyder
Week 1: Maine and Massachusetts
Maine
- “First Bear Hunt” by Matt Chandler
- “Maine” by Ann Heinrichs
- “Maine mission : a big woods hunting story” by Jimmy Tidmore
- “Welcome to Maine” by Åsa Gilland
- “One morning in Maine” by Robert McCloskey
- What’s great about Maine? by Andrea Wang
- “Maine” by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
- “Lenny the Lobster can’t stay for dinner” by Finn Buckley
- “Miss Rumphius” by Barbara Cooney
- “Sarah, Plain and Tall” by Patricia MacLachlan
- “Skylark” by Patricia MacLachlan
Massachusetts
- “Massachusetts” by Nathan Sommer
- “Massachusetts” by Ann Heinrichs
- “Celebrating Massachusetts” by Marion Dane Bauer
- “Midnight in Massachusetts” by Daniel Kenney
- “Zellie Blake, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1834” by Kathleen Duey
- “What’s great about Massachusetts?” by Amanda Lanser
- “M is for Mayflower : a Massachusetts alphabet” by Margot Theis Raven
- “Pirateology : the sea journal of Captain William Lubber, pirate hunter general, Boston, Massachusetts” by Dugald Steer
- “I survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919” by Lauren Tarshis
- “My uncle Emily” by Jane Yolen
- “Make way for ducklings” by Robert McCloskey