Ronan & Pablo school libraries to receive 17 new books

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25 Montana schools and libraries will receive ‘American classics’

Schools in Ronan and Pablo will each receive 17 new books—all American classics—thanks to a project announced today by Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester.

The schools are among 25 schools and libraries in Montana receiving the new books from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The new books are part of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ We the People Bookshelf, an initiative that has delivered new books to more than 13,000 schools and libraries since 2003.

“Access to books like this encourages healthy learning and effective teaching,” Baucus said. “Good books open up new opportunities for students, and these books will improve their understanding of American history and culture.”

“As a former teacher, I know a good book has the ability to convey American history in a way children of all ages can appreciate and understand,” Tester said. “This project will inspire and engage students through its stories of Americans who have come before us.”

Ronan’s K. William Harvey Elementary School, Pablo Elementary School, Ronan Middle School and Ronan High School will each receive the following books:
1. Walt Whitman: Words for America by Barbara Kerley
2. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull (also in Spanish)
3. The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
4. Sweet Music in Harlem by Debbie Taylor
5. The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
6. American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne
7. On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck
8. Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule by Harriette Gillem Robinet
9. The Captain’s Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe by Roland Smith.
10. The Life and Death of Crazy Horse by Russell Freedman
11. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (also in Spanish)
12. Across America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murphy
13. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
14. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis
15. Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange by Elizabeth Partridge
16. Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck (also in Spanish)
17. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville.