If you can't explore America by car this summer, explore this country in your local library.

* "My New York," by Kathy Jakobson

* "All the Places to Love," by Patricia Maclachlan

* "Heartland," by Diane Siebert

JTC * "Johnny Appleseed," by Steven Kellogg

* "Going West," by Laura Ingalls Wilder

* "Little House on the Prairie," by Laura Ingalls Wilder

* "Christmas in the Big Woods," by Laura Ingalls Wilder

* "River Ran Wild," by Lynne Cherry

- Courtesy Barnes & Noble, Annapolis Harbour Center

Pub Date: 7/26/98