Women's History Month 2008

8Oates, Stephen A. A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War E 621.024 1994

Stebner, Eleanor. The Women of Hull House: A Guide in Spirituality, Vocation, and Friendship (Jane Addams) HV 4196.C4 S74 2006

Freedman, Russell. A Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marion Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights ML 3930.A5 F73 2004

Oden, Amy. In Her Words: Women’s Writings in the History of Christian Thought (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) a collection of writings BV 639.W7 I5 1994

Brooks, Paul. The House of Life: Rachel Carson at Work QH 31.C33 B7

Groothuis, Rebecca Merrill. Women Caught in the Conflict: The culture war between traditionalism and feminism BV 639.W7 G76 1994

Schroeder, Alan. Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman E 444.T82 S37 1996

Scharf, Lois. Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of American Liberalism E807.1.R48 S34 1987

Ward, Geoffrey C. Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. HQ 1412.W36 1999

On My Own: The Years Since the White House (Eleanor Roosevelt)
E 807.1.R424

Humez, Jean McMahon. Harriet Tubman: The Life and the Life Stories E 444.T82 H86 2003


Keiler, Allan. Marian Anderson ML 420.A6 K45 2000

Banner, Lois W. Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Right is Ours HQ 1413.S67 S54 2007

Steinberg, Alfred. Mrs. R: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt E 807.1.R59

Davis, Allen Freeman. American Heroine: The Life and Legend of Jane Addams HV 28.A35 D38

Nolan, Jeannette. The Story of Clara Barton of the Red Cross HV 569.B3 N6

Diliberto, Gioia. A Useful Woman: The Early Life of Jane Addams HV 40.32.A33 D56

Pryor, Elizabeth Brown. Clara Barton: Professional Angel HV 569.B3 P78 1987


Beckett, Wendy. A World of Our Own Women as Artists Since the Renaissance N8354.B67

Heller, Nancy. Women Artists N8354.H45 1993

Rosen, Randy and Catherine Coleman Brawer. Making Their Mark: Woman Artists Move into the Mainstream, 1970-85 N6512.M27 1989

Martin Luther King

Works

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
E185.97.K5 A52 1998

I Have A Dream E185.61.K53 1997

A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.
E185.97.A25 1991

Threshold of a new Decade: January 1959-Dec 1960: The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. E185.97.K5 A2 2005

About
Bruns, R. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A
Biography E185.97.K5 B77 2006

Burrow,R. God and Human Dignity:
The Personalism, Theology, and
Ethics of Martin Luther King,
Jr.B828.6.B 86 2006

Impact

Baldwin, L. To Make the Wounded
Whole: The Cultural Legacy of Martin
Luther King, Jr. E184.97.K5 B353
1992

Branch, T. Parting the Waters: America in
the King Years 1954-1963.
E185.61. B7914 1989

Branch, T. Pillar of Fire: America in the
King Years 1963-65 E185.61.87915
1998

Dyson, M.E. I May Not Get There With
Your: The True Martin Luther King,
Jr. E185.97.K5 D997 2000

Friedly, M. & Gallen, D. Martin Luther
King, Jr.: The FBI File
E184.97.K5 G35 1993


Garrow, D.J. Bearing the Cross:
Martin Luther King, J., and the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference E185.97.K5 G36
1986


Ivory, L.D. Toward a Theology of
Radical Involvement: The
Theological Legacy of Martin
Luther King, Jr. BX4827.K53 I96
1997

Jackson, T.F. From Civil Rights to
Human Rights: Martin Luther
King, Jr. and the Struggle for
Economic Justice E185.97.K5
J34 2007


McKnight, G.D. The Last Crusade:
Martin Luther King, Jr., the FBI
and the Poor People’s Campaign
E185.97.K5 M38 1998

Posner, G. Killing the Dream:
James Earl Ray and the
Assassination of Martin Luther
King, Jr. E185.97.K5 P67 1998


Children’s Books

Farris, C. My Brother Martin: A
Sister Remembers Growing up
with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. E185.97.K5 F37 2003

Websites

Nobel Prize Biography

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html

The King Center

http://www.thekingcenter.org/
Martin Luther King Research and Education Institute http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/

Time 100: Ways Martin Luther King affected history

http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/king.html

Not in library but worth reading

Washington, James M.. Ed.I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches that Changed the World

Jazz and Poetry Month : April 2008

This year marked a change in our display methods and we have been doing fewer brochures as a result.

Poetry 180
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
Come find a poem a day given here.

Poetry and Literacy Center
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/
The Library of Congress Site provides abundant links to information about poetry in America. Clearly poetry is alive and well.

Lyrical Legacy

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/lyrical/
While not all lyrics start out as poems, many poems are treated as lyrics.

Jazz websites

Smithsonian Jazz http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/
National Endowment for the Humanities
The Smithsonian Jazz site celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) with features on Ramsey Lewis and Ella Fitzgerald. Information on how to celebrate JAM is also given.
Jazz Institute
of Chicago


http://www.jazzinchicago.org/presents
www.ala.org/publicprograms/jam
Founded in 1969. this site supports jazz activities in the Chicago Area

Jazz Resources at Rutgers
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/jazz/jazz.shtml
An extensive collection of jazz resources is given here.

Jazz on the Screen
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/jots/jazzscreen-home.html
Find out how jazz influence movies.
Digital Library Jazz Collection
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/jazz
Listen and locate jazz recordings at the Library of Congress.


The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
Ref.ML102.3.J3 N48 2001

Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz
Ref. ML103.J3 F39 1999

Fiction

Gershator, Phyllis & David. Summer is Summer PZ8.3.G3235. Sum 2006

Myers, Walter Dean. Jazz PZ8.3.M9954 Jaz 2006

Martin, Bill. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Oversize PZ8.3/M418 Ch1989.

Wilson, Karma. Frog in the Bog. PZ8.3.W6976 On 2003

Hughes, Langston. Dream Keeper and Other Poems. PS3515.U 274 D7 1994
Langston Hughes’ poems are often set to a jazz rhythm. Try reading them aloud for best effect.

Not in library

Clinton, Catherine and Alcorn, Stephen. I Too sing America: Three Centuries of African American Poetry

National Poetry Month

April is fast approaching and we are going to celebrate National Poetry Month and reading poetry for fun. This blog is starting by a short quiz. I may add other questions as we go along.
Good poetry is like sandburs in that bits and pieces will stick to me long after I've finished with the poem. I find verses from the Psalms, humorous pieces and rhyming aphorisms appear unbidden like unintentional RSS feeds from my mind. Of course, committing poetry to memory doesn't hurt the process.

I need to go back through the old lists here and identify those about poetry. One is all about finding poems about trees--better than the Val Kilmer poem.
Let me know your favorite. Let's enjoy them together.

A Challenge

My latest post at the In Season Christian Librarian is a response to the Book A Month Challenge's February Challenge. One of the reasons to subscribe to this site is that it emphasizes more than just current books. This site is going on the links to this page.

Happy Birthday

Three writers known for their children's books were born on this day : Madeleine L'Engle, Louisa May Alcott, and C.S. Lewis. from New Morning Daybook What books have you read by any of these authors? Were any favorites of yours or were they required for a class?

D.E.A.R. list

D.E.A.R stands for Drop Everything and Read! These books are award winners from the past few years.

The books on these pages represent a few of the award books we have in the library.

While on vacation have a DEAR day and read for fun!

Pulitzer Prizes
A $10,000 prize goes to the winner of the outstanding writing for the year. While most of the prizes relate to journalism, at least two are given each year to fiction and nonfiction

Applebaum, A. Gulag: A History
HV8964.S65 A67 2003

Bird, K. American Prometheus :
The Triumph and Tragedy of
J. Robert Oppenheimer
QC 16.O62 B57 2005

Coll, S. Ghost Wars DS371.2.C63
2004

Elkins, C. Imperial Reckoning:
The Untold Story of Britain’s
Gulag in Kenya
DT433.577.E45 2005

Fischer, D. Washington’s Cross
ing E263.P4 F575 2004

Hahn, S. A Nation Under Our
Feet E185.2.H15 2003

Oshinsky, D. Polio: An American
Story RC181.U6 O83 2005

Robinson, M. Gilead
PS3568.O3125 G55 2004

National Book Award
Considered one of the highest awards for literature for American Authors, it covers nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and children’s literature. Top prizes are $10,000 for each category.

Birdsall, J. The Penderwicks
PZ7.B51197 Pe 2005

Didion, J. The Year of Magical
Thinking PS3554.I33 Z63 2005

Jones, E. The Known World
PS3560.O4813 K58 2003—a
finalist

Newbery Awards
Awarded to the top national best children’s book published in America

Bartoletti, S. Hitler Youth:
Growing up in Hitler’s
Shadow DD253.5.B37 2005

Caldecott Awards

Awarded to the top national best illustrated children’s book published in America

Sidman, J. Song of the Water
Boatman and Other Pond
Poems PS3569.I295 S66
2005

Golden Kite Award
Presented for outstanding children’s writers by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and

Illustrators
Freedman, R. Children of the
Great Depression
HQ792.U5 F738 2005

Jurmain, S. Forbidden
SchoolHouse PZ2317.C73
J87 2005—honor book

Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal

Created in honor of Dr. Seuss.

Rylant, C. Henry Mudge and the Great Grandpas PZ7.R982 Hearmg 2005

Carnegie Medal
Given for outstanding books for children or youth written in English and published in the UK. The Carnegie Medal will celebrate its 70th birthday in 2007.

Chambers, A. Postcards from
No Man’s Land PZ7.C3557
PO 2002

Cooper , H. Pumpkin Soup
PZ7.C78555 Pu 1999

Doherty, B. Dear Nobody
PZ7.D56947 De 1994

Wojciechowski, S. The Christ
mas Miracle of Jonathan
Toomey PZ7.W8183 Ch
1995


Michael L. Prinz Award

A relatively new award, this medal identifies outstanding Young Adult literature

Almond, D. Skellig PZ7.A448 SK1999

Chambers, A. Postcards from No Man’s
Land PZ7.C3557 PO 2002 (Many
books receive more than one award