We the People Bookshelf on a More Perfect Union 2010

We have now, thanks to a grant from The National Endowment for the Humanities , in cooperation with the American Library Association added some wonderful books from our youngest readers through our grown-up readers.

 Tico and the Golden Wings by Leo Lionni

A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution by Betsy and Giulio Maestro

When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson by Pam Munoz Ryan

Cesar si, Se Puede! /Yes We Can! By Carmen T. Bernier-Grand

Eagle Song by Joseph Bruchac

The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz

 Darby by Jonathon Scott Fuqua

 Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

 Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Beals

 Lincoln Shot: A President’s Life Remembered by Barry Denenberg

 Hitch by Jeanette Ingold

 The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. DuBois

 American Creation: Triumps and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic by Joseph Ellis

 Lincoln in His Own Words by Milton Meltzer

 Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson

 Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose

 Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

 The Civil War: A film by Ken Burns

 The Civil War: An Illustrated History by Geoffrey Ward, Ric Burns, Ken Burns

 Declaring Independence: The Origin and Influence of America’s Founding Document edited by Christian Y. Dupont

The Friends of the Library will hold our annual business meeting on Sunday, April 18, at 3 pm. We will begin with a short business meeting discussing the past year at the Library and evaluating our goals for our new year. This is a very important time to be a Friend of the Library, as the Friends are some of our most ardent supporters. Who else could fund our programs (including the six-week long Marshall Bullock Summer Reading Program?) and our visiting authors or help us organize our volunteers? The Friends of the Library buy equipment for us; this year they bought our four netbooks that are now used by our patrons, they have purchased materials, bookshelves, and picture frames for us. They organize and volunteer at our annual Halloween Party, and they are always willing to help out at other Library programs and functions.

The Friends always invite a special speaker, usually an author, to the annual meeting. This year, we are very excited to announce that Emyl Jenkins, author of the Sterling Glass mysteries, will be joining us! Sterling Glass is a “woman of a certain age” who works as an antiques appraiser; of course, when the opportunity to solve a mystery rears its head, she jumps at it. 

For Ms. Jenkins, writing is a second career. She, like Sterling Glass, spent the bulk of her career as an antiques appraiser. She lives in Richmond, but has ties to people in Amelia; she even went to school with a former Library Board chair (and current trustee) Margaret Vaughan. I’ve heard her speak before, and she is both funny and down-to-earth, as well as incredibly knowledgable about the world of antiques. You don’t want to miss the meeting this year!

Want to know more about Sterling Glass? And here’s an interview with Ms. Jenkins!