Mengle Memorial Library

We the People
"Picturing America"

The Brockway Library is proud to announce that we have won the "Picturing America" grant provided by the American Libraries Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Grades 7 to 8

The Life and Death of Crazy Horse by Russell Freedman

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Across America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murphy

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Grades 9 to 12

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis

Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange by Elizabeth Partridge

Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

Bonus books for readers of all ages:

Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out by The National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance

1776: The Illustrated Edition by David McCullough