In celebration of this year's sesquicentennial, the State Library of Kansas selected Tom Averill's compilation as the "Kansas Reads" book for 2011. With essays from William Allen White and author Robert Day, poetry by William Stafford and Denise Low, and artwork by John Steuart Curry and Birger Sandzen, "What Kansas Means to Me" is a affectionate look at the Sunflower State in the 20th century and beyond.