Appleton Library Events and Information

"It's US: A Celebration of who we are in America Today", a travelling photo exhibition, will be on display at the Appleton Public Library from August 19 to September 29. The exhibition is being presented nationally in 74 cities on a yearlong tour jointly sponsored by Time Warner and the American Library Association. This joint project focuses on the broad diversity of culture found in America. It encourages us to ask these questions: What does it mean to be or become an American? What traditions and dreams do we share as members of different ethnic, racial or religious groups? What challenges prevent us from living in harmony? How can we meet those challenges?

Twenty-one junior and senior high schools have been contacted to assure participation in an essay contest sponsored by Time Warner. One student will be awarded a $1,000 U.S. Savings Bond for answering the questions posed by the exhibit. In addition area schools will receive a paper show (posters) version of the exhibit.

In conjunction with the exhibit, the following related programming will be offered at Appleton Public Library:

Press Briefing, Thursday, August 22 at 9:30 am, to officially introduce the exhibit to the press and public.

Book at Night, Monday evenings in August, from 7:00-8:00 pm, with the theme "Our American Heritage".

Fall Film Festival, Tuesdays in September, from 7:00-8:00 pm,with multicultural theme.

For further information about the exhibit, contact Christopher Doyle of Time Warner at 831-9108, Elizabeth Eisen of Community Services, Appleton Public Library at 832-6169, or Children's Services (to schedule school group visits to view the exhibit) at 832-6187.

A $5000 Appleton Library Foundation grant was awarded to the library for the purchase of supporting books and media for the It's US exhibit. An It's US bibiliography for all reading levels follows:

973.0496 Mye
Myers, Walter Dean

Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom

975.03 MacK
McKissack, Patricia and Frederick L. McKissack

Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters

Crews, Donald

Shortcut

Dooley, Nora E

Abuela

Havill, Juanita

Jamaica and Brianna

Johnson, Angela

The Leaving Morning

Mochizuki, Ken

Baseball Saved Us

Rattigan, Jama Kim

Dumpling Soup

Reiser, Lynn

Margaret and Margarita, Margarita y Margaret

Ringgold, Faith

Tar Beach

Rosen, Michael

Elijah's Angel: A Story for Chanukah and Christmas

Yee, Paul

Roses Sing on New Snow: A Delicious Tale

Ada, Alma Flor

My Name is Maria Isabel

Dorris, Michael

Morning Girl

Hansen, Joyce

The Captive

Johnson, Angela

Toning the Sweep

McKissack, Patricia

The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural

Myers, Walter Dean

Mop, Moonndance, and the Nagasaki Knights

Taylor, Mildred

The Road to Memphis

Woodson, Jacqueline

Maizon at Blue Hill

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Kruse, Ginny Moore and Kathleen T. Horning

Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults: A Selected Listing of Books 1980-1990

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Walter, Mildred Pitts

Mississippi Challenge

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Dwight, Laura

We Can Do It!

394.2 Anc
Ancona, George

Powwow

398.2097 Bru
Bruchac, Joseph

Native American Animal Stories

398.2097 Tay
Taylor, C.J.

Little Water and the Gift of the Animals: A Seneca Legend

633.178 Reg
Regguinti, Gordon

The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering

759.35709 MacK
McKissack, Patricia

Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball League

782.24 All
Bryan, Ashley

All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African-American Spirituals

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Greenfield, Eloise

Night on Neighborhood Street

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Soto, Gary

Neighborhood Odes

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Hudson, Wade

Pass It On: African-American Poetry for Children

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McKissack, Patricia and Frederick McKissack

Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman

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Myers, Walter Dean

Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary

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Yep, Laurence

The Lost Garden

973.86 Woo
Wood, Ted and Wanbli Numpa

Afraid of Hawk: A Boy Becomes a Man at Wounded Knee

R011.62 Roc
Rochman, Hazel

Against Borders: Promoting Books for a Multicultural World

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Hayden, Carla

Venture into Cultures: A Resource Book of Multicultural Materials and Programs

Myers, Walter Dean

Somewhere in the Darkness

Prather, Ray

Fish & Bones

Woodson, Jacqueline

I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This