Oregon Reads 2009 is a community reading program that took place in

nearly every public library and in every county in Oregon during the

state's sesquicentennial, January through April of 2009. Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson was selected as a title for younger readers for

the Oregon Sesquicentennial. In this talk, Hopkinson talks about Oregon's state symbols and what makes a writer. She also shares the stories from her books Apples to Oregon,

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek, and the forthcoming Stagecoach Sal.