We+the+People+Bookshelf

Eastmont Middle School's library media center is a recipient of the //We the People// Bookshelf along with 4,000 other schools who applied for the grant given through the United States Congress. We have received a collection of books and dvds with subjects that relate to the NEH selected theme of "A More Perfect Union." As Eastmont Patriots, we feel a connection to this program and are grateful to ALA and NEH for providing us access to these materials! The titles provided follow:
 * __The American Library Association__ (ALA) on behalf of the __National Endwoment for the Humanities__ (NEH) Has **
 * //We the People// Bookshelf Recipients **

//We the People// Bookshelf Books: - //**A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution**// by Betsy Maestro and Giulio Maestro (New York, NY [China]: HarperCollins Publishers, 1987) - //**American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic**// by Joseph J. Ellis (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007) - //**Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High**// by Melba Pattillo Beals (New York: Washington Square Press, 1994) - //**The Great Little Madison**// by Jean Fritz (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989) - //**Darby**// by Jonathon Scott Fuqua (Crawfordsville, IN: Candlewick Press, 2002) - //**Twelve Angry Men**// by Reginald Rose (New York: Penguin Books, 2007) - //**Chains**// by Laurie Halse Anderson (New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008) - **//Eagle Song//** by Joseph Bruchac and illustrated by Dan Andreasen (New York: Puffin Books, 1997) - //**Carver**: A Life in Poems// by Marilyn Nelson (Ashville, NC: Front Street, 2001) - //**The Souls of Black Folk**// by W.E.B. Du Bois (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2008) - //**The Civil War: An Illustrated History**// by Geoffrey C. Ward with Ric Burns and Ken Burns (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010) - //**Lincoln: In His Own Words**// edited by Milton Meltzer and Illustrated by Stephen Alcorn (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993) - //**The Killer Angels: A Novel of the Civil War**// by Michael Shaara (New York: Ballantine Books, 2001) - //**Lincoln Shot: A President's Life Remembered**// by Barry Denenberg (Chief Writer) and artist Christopher Bing (New York: A Feiwel and Friends Book, MacMillan, 2008) - //**Hitch**// by Jeanette Ingold (Orlando, FL: Harcourt, INC., 2005) - //**Cesar: ¡Si, Se Puede! Yes, We Can!**// by Carment T. Bernier-Grand and Illustrated by David Diaz (New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2004) - //**Declaring Independence: The Origin and Influence of America's Founding Document**// featuring the Albert H. Small Declaration of Independence Collection in the University of Virginia Library with preface by David McCullough; introduction by Peter S. Onuf, essays by David Armitage; Pauline Maier, Robert M.S. McDonald, and Robert G. Parkinson; epilogue by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor; and edited by Christian Y. Dupont and Peter S. Onuf (Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Library, 2010) - //**Tico and the Golden Wings**// by Leo Lionni (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007) - //**When Marian Sang**// by Pam Munoz Ryan with pictures by Brian Selznick (New York: Scholastic Press, 2002)

**//We the People// Bookshelf Accompanying DVDs:** The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns (Flourentine Films and WETA-TV: 1990) Declaraing Independence (Rector and Visitors of teh University of Virginia: 2010)


 * We are grateful to the __National Endowment for the Humanities__, the __American Library Association__, and the __U.S. Congress__for this collection! We will celebrate each book next year.** Look for access to these titles in the autumn. We may make them available for a week this year before school breaks for the summer holiday.