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We the People Bookshelf on "Courage" As part of its We the People initiative, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is collaborating with the American Library Association (ALA) to inaugurate the We the People Bookshelf, a program to encourage young people to read and understand great literature while exploring themes in American history. You are invited to apply to be among the 500 libraries selected to receive the We the People Bookshelf, which includes the following titles featured on NEH's Summertime Favorites list: Kindergarten through 3rd Grade The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig 4th Grade through 6th Grade The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George 7th Grade through 8th Grade Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 9th Grade through 12th Grade The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Applications are due October 22, 2003, 5 p.m. local time, for Round One AND February 15, 2004, 5 p.m. local time, for Round Two. Click here for the NEH We the People site. Please see Related Links below to access the application and guidelines. http://www.wethepeople.gov/bookshelf/guidelines.html Current Public Programs Sharon Herfurth Central Texas Library System Austin, Texas
