Olympia High School Library has Received the We the People Book Shelf for the Third Year
by Susan Mullen
April 23, 2008
Olympia High School Library is one of
3,000 libraries selected to receive the We the People "Created
Equal" Bookshelf. The books and other materials have arrived at the
library. This is the third year in a row that we have been given
this award!
Olympia High School Library is grateful to the United States
Congress for its strong support of this program, and we are excited
about the new additions to our library. The books will be on
display at the library in a few weeks.
This is the list of the titles of the
books that the library received:
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)
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)
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
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.
