We the People Bookshelf–Nebraska Winners

We the People Bookshelf–Nebraska Winners Nebraskans across the state can now go to their local libraries and learn about America from coast to coast. The We the People “Picturing America” Bookshelf is the sixth We the People Bookshelf program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Instead of paint, marble, silver, or glass, words are the media used to portray significant themes in American history and culture. Readers are invited to steer their way across the continent by river with Lewis and Clark in 1802, travel the railroad with Robert Louis Stevenson in 1879, or drive along the open highways with John Steinbeck and his dog Charley in 1960. Through the life and poetry of Walt Whitman emerge powerful images of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln or through the life and lens of Dorothea Lange, we witness the impersonal forces and human faces of the Depression. Congratulations to the following Nebraska libraries for their successful applications for We the People Bookshelf grants: Aurora Alice M. Farr Library Blair Blair High School Library Broken Bow Broken Bow Public Library Ceresco Ceresco Community Library Clay Center Clay Center Public Library Clearwater Clearwater Public Library Elgin Pope John XXIII Central Catholic High School Elkhorn Bess Johnson Elkhorn Branch of Omaha Public Library Fremont Keene Memorial Library Gibbon Gibbon Public Library Gresham Gresham Public Library Holdrege Holdrege Area Public Library Hooper Hooper Public Library Litchfield Litchfield Public Library Neligh Neligh Public Library North Platte Madison Middle School Media Center Omaha A. V. Sorensen Branch Benson Branch Charles B. Washington Branch Florence Branch Millard Branch Milton R. Abrahams Branch Omaha Burke High School Library South Omaha Branch W. Clarke Swanson Branch W. Dale Clark Branch Willa Cather Branch Papillion Tara Heights Elementary School Library Pender House Memorial Library Plattsmouth Plattsmouth Public Library Pleasanton Pleasanton Public School Ponca Ponca Carnegie Library Ponca Public School Library Saint Paul St. Paul Library South Sioux City South Sioux City Public Library Table Rock Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Middle School Tilden Raymond A.Whitwer Tilden Public Library Wakefield Gardner Public Library Wakefield Community Schools York Kilgore Memorial Library If you received a grant, click on Comment below to share your ideas for booktalks and local library programming.