"The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has
developed a reading list of books about overcoming disaster and stories
of survival for teens. The booklist, which features fiction and
nonfiction, was created to help librarians, educators and concerned
adults guide teens to books that may help them cope after Hurricane
Katrina."
The list includes both fiction and nonfiction titles.
Michele A. Leininger
Attention Public and School (K-12) Librarians:
The American Library Association (ALA) and the National Endowment
for the Humanities (NEH) are currently accepting applications for the
new We the People Bookshelf on "Becoming American." Part of the NEH's
We the People initiative, the annual collection development grant
project will award sets of 15 classic books for young readers, as well
as up to four of these titles in Spanish, to 1,000 libraries across the
country. Libraries interested in receiving the collection are required
to develop and host a program to introduce the collection and its theme
of "Becoming American" to students and/or patrons.
Guidelines and applications are available online at
http://www.ala.org/wethepeople from September 6, 2005 - January
17, 2006. Unlike past We The People Bookshelves, there will be no second
deadline for "Becoming American." All applications are due by January 17,
2006.
To access a list of titles, please visit
http://www.ala.org/wethepeople.
We hope you'll take advantage of this opportunity to receive the
"Becoming American" collection for your library - the application
process is relatively simple and quick. With questions, please contact
publicprograms@ala.org.
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Lainie Castle
Program Officer, Communications
Public Programs Office, American Library Association
