"Created Equal" Collection

The “Created Equal” Bookshelf includes the following titles, which were selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), in cooperation with the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of ALA.

Kindergarten to Grade 3

The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen

The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco

Pink y Say by Patricia Polacco (translated by Alejandra Lopez Varela)

Grades 4 to 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

Lyddie by Katherine Paterson (translated by Rosa Benavides)

Grades 7 to 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 Jiménez

Senderos Fronterizos: Breaking Through Spanish Edition by Francisco Jiménez

Grades 9 to 12

Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution by Natalie S. Bober

That All People May Be One People, Send Rain to Wash the Face of the Earth by Nez Perce Chief Joseph

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Flores Para Algernon by Daniel Keyes (translated by Paz Barroso)

Lincoln’s Virtues: An Ethical Biography by William Lee Miller

Amistad: A Novel by David Pesci

Bonus:

History in a Box Kit on Abraham Lincoln

This kit, developed by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, contains a resource book (print and CD formats), DVD, interactive CD-ROM, and posters, featuring primary source documents, photographs, artwork, maps, songs, and other teaching resources.