To determine where books will be distributed, First Book launched a state-vs-state competition.
“What Book Got You Hooked?” invited readers everywhere to celebrate the power of unforgettable books from childhood by providing new books to the children who need them most. For the last two years, First Book asked visitors to their website to share the memory of the books that made them readers, then help get more kids hooked by voting for the state to receive 50,000 new books from First Book.
The votes are in!
In 2008, more than 250,000 votes were cast for to decide the winning state. After a hotly contested race with West Virginia and Nebraska, Kentucky won, claiming nearly 94,000 votes - 60,000 more than last year.
The books will be distributed in 2009 through the First Book National Book Bank to programs in Kentucky registered with First Book. Eligible programs must serve predominantly low-income children
Top 10 States!
1. Kentucky
2. West Virginia
3. Nebraska
4. Kansas
5. Oklahoma
6. Pennsylvania
7. Iowa
8. Indiana
9. North Carolina
10. Ohio
But what books got the most folks hooked on reading? Here's the list:
- The Nancy Drew series
- Green Eggs & Ham
- Little House on the Prairie series
- Charlotte's Web
- Cat in the Hat
- Little Women
- The Boxcar Children
- The Bobbsey Twins
- Black Beauty
- The Dick & Jane series
- Go Dog Go!
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Goodnight Moon
- Gone With the Wind
- Heidi
- Anne of Green Gables
- Curious George
- Black Stallion
- Harry Potter series
- The Secret Garden
- The Bible
- The Pokey Little Puppy
- The Giving Tree
- A Wrinkle in Time
- The Little Engine That Could
- The Hobbit
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- The Hardy Boys series
- Hop on Pop
- Where the Sidewalk Ends
- The Velveteen Rabbit
- Are You There God? It's me Margaret.
- The Babysitters Club series
- Pippi Longstocking
- Amelia Bedelia
- The Hatchet
- Superfudge
- Ramona Quimby books
- Cinderella
- Island of the Blue Dolphins
- The Wizard of Oz
- The Outsiders
- Winnie the Pooh
- Treasure Island
- Horton Hears a Who
- Love You Forever
- Old Yeller
- Call of the Wild
- Twilight
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