We the People Bookshelf

A Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

The "We the People Bookshelf" encourages young people to read classic literature and explore the ideas and ideals of America. The Highland Park Public Library is one of the eligible libraries to which the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded copies of the fifteen chosen books. NEH is undertaking this new program in collaboration with the American Library Association. Each year, NEH will select books that share a theme important to the nation's heritage.

2003 - 2004 Bookshelf on Courage

Kindergarten to Grade 3

Fritz, Jean	The Cabin Faced West.
McDermott, Gerald	Anansi the Spider.
Steig, William	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.

Grades 4 to 6

Edmonds, Walter D.	The Matchlock Gun.
George, Jean Craighead	My Side of the Mountain.
Hughes, Langston	The Dream Keeper and Other Poems.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls	Little House on the Prairie.

Grades 7 to 8

Douglass, Frederick	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.
Forbes, Esther	Johnny Tremain.
Tolkien, J.R.R.	The Hobbit.

Grades 9 to 12

Crane, Stephen	The Red Badge of Courage.
Ellison,Ralph	Invisible Man.
Kennedy, John F.	Profiles in Courage.
Lee, Harper	To Kill a Mockingbird.
Twain, Mark	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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