We the People Bookshelf on "Picturing America"
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In April 2009, NEH awarded the We the People Bookshelf on "Picturing America" to 4,000 school and public libraries. Award recipients may use the links below to:
"Picturing America" Collection
The "Picturing America" 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.
The “Picturing America” 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
- Walt Whitman: Words for America by Barbara Kerley
- Cosechando esperanza: La historia de César Chávez by Kathleen Krull (translated by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy)
- Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull
- 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
- La leyenda de Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (translated by Manuel Broncano)
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
- 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 books for readers of all ages:
- Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out by The National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance
- 1776: The Illustrated Edition by David McCullough
