We the People Bookshelf
Reading Program

Pursuit of Happiness

Aesop’s Fables by Aesop
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost

Becoming American

The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
Watch the Stars Come Out by Riki Levinson
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say

Freedom

Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

 

Picturing America

 

Walt Whitman: Words for America by Barbara Kerley

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sweet Music in Harlem by Debbie Taylor