Read Across America – Every Day!
Posted on March 2, 2021
by Susan S
National Read Across America Day, is celebrated on March 2nd, and we could not neglect to acknowledge the celebration. As I considered the idea, it reminded me of the road trips I have taken, want to take and have read about, both real and fictional. So, I traveled to our catalog and did some research. Here are a few of the gems I found.
Road Trip Fiction
Road trip fiction is a real thing. It turns out, a road trip is a great vehicle (sorry!) to move a story or idea along. Below is a small sampling of reading options. If you are searching for other similar titles, use search terms like road trip, adventure, journey and fiction. Notice that some titles are even available in an audio format—which means you can “read” literally while you’re headed down the highway.
The Third Hill North of Town
eBook
Lydia
eBook
The Wangs vs. the World
Large Print | eAudiobook | eBook | Book on CD
Arkansas
Woman Enters Left
Driving with the Top Down
eBook | eAudiobook | Book on CD
Dinner with Buddha
eBook
Helen & Troy’s Epic Road Quest
We Sold Our Souls
Road Trip Planning
If you are looking to make an actual road trip, our collection is full of resources. Use search terms like automobile travel, roads and guidebooks to find more like the examples below.
Road Trips: A Guide to Travel, Adventure, and Choosing Your Own Path
Don’t Make me Pull Over: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip
eBook
100 Drives, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do
Real Road Trip Accounts
And finally, learning about someone else’s real life road trip may be the next best thing to hitting the road yourself. Imagining a road trip with Henry Ford, Harry Truman or Andy Warhol? We’ve got you covered.
The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison’s Ten-Year Road Trip
Large Print | eAudiobook
Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails: A Memoir
eBook | eAudiobook
The Priority List: A Teacher’s Final Quest to Discover Life’s Greatest Lessons
Father’s Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My Extraordinary Son
Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip
eBook
The Trip: Andy Warhol’s Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure
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