We the People bookshelf is offered to libraries as a cooperative effort between the National Edowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. Riegelsville Public Library was chosen for the 2008-2009 grant period as one of only 3,000 public and school libraries nationwide to receive this grant. The theme for this grant period is "Created Equal." For the next year Riegelsville Public Library will be offering displays, programming and materials which emphasize the theme of "Created Equal". Below is a list of provided resources based upon this theme. Materials are provided in Spanish as noted. Grades K-3: The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Anderson The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco (also in Spanish) Grades 4-6: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis Give Me Liberty! The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Russell Freedman Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom by Virginia Hamilton Lyddie by Katherine Paterson (also in Spanish) Grades 7-8: Saturnalia by Paul Fleishman Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman Abraham Lincoln the Writer: A Treasury of His Greatest Speeches and Letters edited by Harold Holzer Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez (also in Spanish) Grades 9-12: Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution by Natalie S. Bober That All People May Be One People, Send Raiin to Wash the Face of the Earth by Nez Perce Chief Joseph Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (also in Spanish) Lincoln's Virtues: An Ethical Biography by William Lee Miller Amistad: A Novel by David Pesci We the People Programming List of Dates & Times coming soon! |
| We the People Bookshelf |
| Riegelsville Public Library 615 Easton Road Riegelsville, PA |
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