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Books to the Trail: Looking for Volunteers!

The Big Read: To Kill a Mocking Bird

by Education Department

02/02/2008

As you have read on our website, we offer a service learning project: Books to the Trail to help bring brand new books to students in Alaska. If you haven't signed up for this project and you are interested, make sure you contact me THIS WEEK. (djohnson@iditarod.com ) Read more about Books to the Trail by Clicking Here!

We'd like to offer a 'new twist' to this project and seek you support and volunteer efforts. The Anchorage Public Library is involved in the BIG READ. The book they have chosen for their read is To Kill a Mocking Bird. We are looking for new copies of this book to be included in reading packages to go to schools in Alaska. If you would like to donate a copy or several copies of this book, please contact me as soon as possible.

In addition, a list of companion books is included in this article. We are seeking these books to be donated to schools along the Iditarod Trail. Your interest in helping us meeting the goals of this project is greatly appreciated. Please contact me today and volunteer your assistance in getting copies of these books to Alaska. If you are a classroom librarian who'd like to take a leadership role in helping this project be a reality, please contact me as well. djohnson@iditarod.com

Companion Books:

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor (grades 6+)

Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco (grades K-3)

In Search of Mockingbird by Loretta Ellsworth (grades 6-10)

When I Crossed No-Bob by Margaret McMullan (grades 5-8)

Watsons go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (grades 4-8)

Virgie goes to school with us boys by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard (grades K-3)

Freedom School, Yes! by Amy Littlesugar (grades K-4)

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt (grades 6-9)

Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine (grades 5-9)

The Well by Mildred D. Taylor (grades 4-6)

Non-Fiction

Let it Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney (grades 4-8)

Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman (grades 4-8)

Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges (grades 4-7)

Fight On! Mary Church Terrell's Battle for Integration by Dennis Brindell Fradin (grades 5-9)

Rosa by Nikki Giovanni (grades 3-5)

The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students by Suzanne Jurmain (grades 5-9)

Nobody Gonna Turn Me "Round by Doreen Rappaport (grades 4-8)

Don't miss the opportunity to join us for this project. Watch for future BIG READ projects, too.