Tyson Library
Versailles, IN


James H. Tyson


National Endowment for the Humanities & American Library Association present
We the People Bookshelf - Picturing America

Tyson Library is pleased to receive a “Picturing America” Bookshelf grant as part of the NEH's "We the People" initiative, which aims to encourage and strengthen the study and understanding of American history and culture.

See "Pictures of America" taken by kids in our community

The “Picturing America” Bookshelf includes the following titles

Kindergarten to Grade 3

Walt Whitman: Words for America by Barbara Kerley
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
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
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

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

 

 

  

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