We the People Bookshelf on "Courage"

North Allegheny was among 1,000 public and school libraries across the country to be awarded The We the People Bookshelf from the National Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the American Library Association. This is a grant program to encourage young people to read and understand great literature while exploring  themes in American history. The We the People Bookshelf enables younger readers to examine the meaning of courage from many perspectives. These books inspire readers with stories of characters, real and fictional, who demonstrated personal courage when faced with difficult situations in uncertain times.
The elected public and school libraries (from  all 50 states and Guam)  each received a set of the 15 books, posters, bookmarks, and other promotional materials.

This set of 15 books focuses on  the theme of "Courage " and includes the following titles. Click  on the title  to be taken to activities that may be used with the book.

Kindergarten through 3rd Grade  - these titles may be borrowed from McKnight Elementary

• 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- these titles may be borrowed from McKnight Elementary

• 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-these titles may be borrowed from McKnight Elementary

• 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-these titles may be borrowed from North Allegheny Intermediate High School

• 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