From the Marion Library

Marion Public Library has been awarded the 2005 We the People 'Freedom' bookshelf from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The We the People program encourages young people to read and understand great literature while exploring themes in American history. The bookshelf features 19 books for young people in grades K-12. Marion Public Library is one of 1000 school and public libraries in the nation that were awarded the collection based on a competitive grant application.

The collection includes:

Kindergarten through grade 3

Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble

Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

4th Grade through 6th Grade

The House of Dies Drear by Virginia Hamilton

Ben and Me by Robert Lawson

To Be a Slave by Julius Lester

The Complete Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Grades 7-8

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Grades 9-12

Miracle in Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen

My Antonia by Willa Cather

Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

'Free to Read' week is the first week in November. Staff will visit with students at the elementary and high schools.

Tonight, Thursday, Nov. 3, from 6:30 to 7:45, the Library will hold a book talk at the library for high school students.

The library will be decorated in patriotic colors. A number of related books on freedom are available. In addition, Ann Gigliotti, a student at the Marion High School and Library volunteer, designed three banners using the freedom theme. The banners hang on the bookcases near the circulation desk and remind us of the many freedoms you all enjoy.

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