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 </figure>TOPEKA&nbsp;– State Librarian Eric Norris announced Wednesday the 15th annual selection of Kansas Notable Books. The fifteen books feature quality titles with wide public appeal, written either by a Kansan, set in Kansas, or about a Kansas related topic.“I am proud to present the 2020 Kansas Notable Book list. This year’s list covers a wide swath of our cultural and natural history,” said Eric Norris, State Librarian. “The rich array of works on this year’s list examine petroglyphs across the prairie and go on fantastical high seas adventures with pirates; explore the careers of academics, athletes, and aviators; and consider the importance of family from the viewpoint of a young Exoduster in the 1880s and as a world traveler in a present day small western Kansas town. This year’s list will both educate and entertain.&nbsp; I encourage every Kansan to contact their local public library and celebrate the artists and artistry of Kansas.”A committee of librarians, academics, and historians nominated titles from a list of eligible books, and state librarian Eric Norris selected the final list. In 2006, the first Kansas Notable Books list was announced. Since then more than 200 books have been recognized for their contribution to Kansas literary heritage.Kansas Notable Books is a project of the Kansas Center for the Book. The Kansas Center for the Book is a program at the State Library of Kansas and the state affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book. The Kansas Center for the Book exists to highlight the state’s literary heritage and foster an interest in books, reading, and libraries.For more information about Kansas Notable Books, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkslib.info%2F2020KNB&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C67267ddba87d4068d8cc08d828e1a11b%7Cdcae8101c92d480cbc43c6761ccccc5a%7C0%7C0%7C637304297729475882&amp;sdata=3%2FS3QBJ4FFJP2X0XeSGsjTj5folvuEYiVpQBj3N%2FFrE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://kslib.info/2020KNB</a>, call 785-296-3296, or email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:infodesk@ks.gov" target="_blank">infodesk@ks.gov</a>.2020 Kansas Notable BooksBirds, Bones, and Beetles: The Improbable Career and Remarkable Legacy of University of Kansas Naturalist Charles D. Bunker  by Charles H. Warner&nbsp;(Lawrence)&nbsp;University Press of Kansas&nbsp;A Constellation of Roses  by Miranda&nbsp;Asebedo&nbsp;(Manhattan)&nbsp;HarperTeen&nbsp;Crumbled! (The Misadventures of&nbsp;Nobbin&nbsp;Swill)  by Lisa&nbsp;Harkrader&nbsp;(Tonganoxie)&nbsp;Yellow Jacket&nbsp;Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town  by A.&nbsp;LaFaye&nbsp;(Glen Carbon IL), illustrations by Nicole&nbsp;Tadgell&nbsp;(Oxford MA)&nbsp;Albert Whitman &amp; Company&nbsp;Headwinds: A Memoir  by Edna Bell-Pearson&nbsp;(Overland Park)&nbsp;Meadowlark&nbsp;The Healer's Daughter: A Novel  by Charlotte Hinger&nbsp;(Hoxie)&nbsp;Five Star Publishing&nbsp;How to Be a Family: The Year I Dragged My Kids Around the World to Find a New Way to Be Together  by Dan&nbsp;Kois&nbsp;(Arlington VA)&nbsp;Little,&nbsp;Brown&nbsp;and Company&nbsp;Journey to a Promised Land: A Story of the Exodusters (I Am America) by Allison&nbsp;Lassieur&nbsp;(Schenectady NY)&nbsp;Jolly Fish Press&nbsp;Kansas City Chiefs Legends: The Greatest Coaches, Players and Front Office Execs in Chiefs History  by Jeff Deters&nbsp;(Lawrence)&nbsp;Deters&nbsp;Publications&nbsp;A Perfect Silhouette  by Judith Miller&nbsp;(Overland Park)&nbsp;Bethany House Publishers&nbsp;Petroglyphs of the Kansas Smoky Hills  by Rex C. Buchanan&nbsp;(Lawrence), Burke W. Griggs&nbsp;(Lawrence), Joshua L.&nbsp;Svaty&nbsp;(Ellsworth)&nbsp;University Press of Kansas&nbsp;The Reckless Oath We Made: A Novel  by Bryn Greenwood&nbsp;(Lawrence)&nbsp;G.P. Putnam’s Sons&nbsp;Steel Tide: A&nbsp;Seafire&nbsp;Novel  by Natalie C. Parker&nbsp;(Lawrence)&nbsp;Razorbill&nbsp;The Topeka School: A Novel  by Ben Lerner&nbsp;(Brooklyn&nbsp;NY)&nbsp;Farrar,&nbsp;Straus&nbsp;and Giroux&nbsp;What Color Is Night?&nbsp; by Grant Snider&nbsp;(Wichita)&nbsp;Chronicle BooksTo learn more about the State Library of Kansas, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkslib.info%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C67267ddba87d4068d8cc08d828e1a11b%7Cdcae8101c92d480cbc43c6761ccccc5a%7C0%7C0%7C637304297729475882&amp;sdata=cYYzO2%2B0utWIbOBq3qOmKtlCO%2Fvi3azh2OXjYdXV4Tc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">kslib.info</a>.

'Petroglyphs of the Kansas Smoky Hills' among Kansas Notable Books