Springdale Public Library
2008 Recipient of the We the People "Created Equal Bookshelf
The Springdale Public Library was recently named as one of the recipients of the 2008 We the People “Created Equal” Bookshelf. The Bookshelf program is part of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ We The People initiative which supports projects that strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture. The theme coincides with the 2009 bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth and his contributions to the idea and reality of human equality in America. The American Library Association, in partnership with NEH, sent seventeen classic books supporting the theme “Created Equal”. Four of the titles were also received in Spanish translation. Various programs are planned throughout the next several months to support the theme by incorporating the Bookshelf titles. These books have been added to the permanent collections of The Springdale Public Library.
We the People "Created Equal" Bookshelf Book List
Kindergarten to Grade 3
  • 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)

Grades 4 to 6

  • Saturnalia by Paul Fleischman
  • 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)
Grades 7 to 8
  • Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul
    Curtis
  • Freedom Walkers: The Story of the
    Montgomery Bus Boycott     by Russell
    Freedman
  • Abraham Lincoln the Writer: A
    Treasury of His Greatest Speeches
    and Letters     ed. by Harold Holzer
  • Breaking Through by Francisco
    Jiménez
  • Senderos Fronterizos: Breaking
    Through Spanish Edition     by Francisco
    Jiménez

Grades 9 to 12

  • 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