Schools out—it’s vacation time!
If you’d like some ideas for traveling in Wisconsin, you don’t have to go any farther than your local library. These books will help you enjoy the best our state has to offer:
Going farther afield? Go to Easicat, choose “Subject” from the dropdown box, and type your destination and the word “guidebooks”. You’ll find plenty of books to help you plan your trip. But if you’d rather be an armchair traveler, your library is really indispensible!
Travel the world with the folks in these books:
Catch and release by Blythe Woolston
Contents may have shifted by Pam Houston
In the bag by Kate Klise
The family beach house by Holly Chamberlin
Saving cicadas by Nicole A. Seitz
Passing love by Jacqueline E. Luckett
For a vacation with thrills, suspense, and even murder, you might enjoy these titles:
The next one to fall by Hilary Davidson
Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale
Pampered to death by Laura Levine
Wrecked by Carol Higgins Clark
And for the ultimate in vacations gone awry, commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking by diving into one of these titles:
The dressmaker by Kate Alcott
Gilded lives, fatal voyage by Hugh Brewster
Amanda/Miranda, a Young Adult title by Richard Peck
Escaping Titanic: a young girl’s true story of survival, a fascinating true picture book by Marybeth Lorbiecki
If you’re really enjoying the travel theme, check out Book lust to go: recommended reading for travelers, vagabonds and dreamers by Nancy Pearl. This book is filled with suggestions that will keep you busy the whole summer!
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