Myrtle Grove Middle
School Library
Receives We the People Bookshelf Grant
Myrtle Grove Middle School is one of
4,000 libraries across the country selected by the National
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library
Association (ALA) to receive free hardcover editions of 17
classic books as part of the We the People Bookshelf
grant program. The theme of this year’s bookshelf is “Picturing
America.”
The We the People Bookshelf on
“Picturing America” contains the following books:
•Kindergarten to Grade 3: “Walt
Whitman: Words for America” by Barbara Kerley; “Harvesting Hope:
The Story of Cesar Chavez” by Kathleen Krull; “Cosechando
esperenza: La historia de César Chávaz” by Kathleen Krull
(translated by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy);”The Midnight
Ride of Paul Revere” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; “Sweet Music
in Harlem” by Debbie Taylor
•Grades 4 to 6: “The Birchbark
House” by Louise Erdrich; “American Tall Tales” by Mary Pope
Osborne; “On the Wings of Heroes” by Richard Peck; “Forty Acres
and Maybe a Mule” by Harriette Gillem Robinet; “The Captain’s
Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe” by Roland Smith
•Grades 7 to 8:
“The Life and Death of Crazy Horse” by Russell Freedman; “The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving; “La leyanda de
Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving (translated by Manual
Broncano); “Across America on an Emigrant Train” by Jim Murphy;
“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain
•Grades 9 to 12: “Founding
Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation” by Joseph J. Ellis;
“Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange” by
Elizabeth Partridge; “Travels with Charley in Search of America”
by John Steinbeck; “Viajes Con Charley - En Busca de América” by
John Steinbeck (translated by José Manuel Alvarez Flórez);
“Democracy in America” by Alexis de Tocqueville
•Bonus: “Our White House: Looking
In, Looking Out” by The National Children’s Book and Literary
Alliance; “1776: The Illustrated Edition” by David McCullough
The award is part of the NEH’s We the
People initiative, which supports projects that strengthen
the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and
culture. Selected public and school libraries in all 50 states
each will receive a set of the 22 books (including Spanish
translations of three of the titles and two bonus titles),
posters, bookmarks, bookplates from the NEH and the ALA, and
access to online planning and promotional materials. Since 2003,
NEH has awarded 13,000 We the People Bookshelf grants to
school and public libraries across the country.
For more information about We the
People Bookshelf and how it will be used at Myrtle Grove,
contact Jennifer LaGarde, media specialist, at (910) 350-2100,
ext. 428. For more information about the We the People Bookshelf
project, please visit
