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League of Women Voters Education Fund grant
Where I Live: Transportation
Come listen to stories and make your own vehicle
Intended audience: children and teens
Date and Time: TBA
This winter, Smith Hill received a grant from the League of Women Voters Education Fund. With this money we were able to purchase 86 books for children and young adults. All of the books compliment the Where I Live program which I run at Smith Hill after school and at the Paul Cuffee School. Where I Live explores the urban American Community. The first week looks at it from the persective of a citizen and we do activities related to rights and voting. We explore other topics such as: maps, transportation, urban architecture, community leaders, and photography in their neighborhood.
Jolly Postmanby Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg
The Works: Anatomy of a City by Kate Ascher
Marshall, the Courthouse Mouse: A Tail of the U.S. Supreme Court by Cheryl Shaw Barnes
Woodrow for President: A Tail of Voting, Campaigns, and Elections by Peter W. Barnes
Kids on Strike! by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Voices of Radical Change: Greatest Speeches of Political and Social Transformation, Anne Brown, editor
My Neighborhood: Places and Faces (All About Me) by Lisa Bullard
Clang! Clang! Beep! Beep!: Listen to the City by Robert Burleigh
P Is for Police by Dori Hillestead Butler
Walter the Baker by Eric Carle
We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States by David Catow
Barack Obama a Biography for Children by Sam Chekwas
Where Do I Live? by Neil Chesanow
My Dad's a Hero by Rebecca Christiansen, Jewel Armstong
Bus Route to Boston by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Architect Cool Career by Jessica Cohn
Whose Hat Is This: A Look at the Hats Workers Wear - Hard, Tall, and Shiny by Sharon Katz Cooper
Whose Vehicle Is This: A Look at Vehicles Workers Drive - Fast, Loud, and Bright by Sharon Katz Cooper
Country Kid, City Kid by Julie Cummins
Quinto's Neighborhood: El Vecindario de Quinto by Ina Cumpiano
Making a Law by Sarah De Capua
City Green by Dyane DiSalvo-Ryan
Grandpa's Corner Store by Dyane DiSalvo-Ryan
Trials of Kate Hope by Wick Downing
My House by Delphine Durand
You Be the Judge: 20 True Crimes and Cases to Solve by Norbert Ehrenfreund
A Day in the Life of a Nurse by Connie Fluet
The Post Office Book: Mail and How It Moves by Gail Gibbons
The Big Trip by Valeri Gorbachev
Factory Girl by Barbara Greenwood
C is for City by Nikki Grimes
This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
What's a City Council? by Nancy Harris
What's a Governor? by Nancy Harris
Only One Neighborhood by Marc Harshman
Urban Animals by Isabel Hill
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
ER Vets: Life in an Emergency Room by Donna M. Jackson
Teens Take It to Court: Young People Who Challenged the Law and Changed Your Life by Thomas A. Jacobs
What Happens on Wednesdays by Emily Jenkins
Community Helpers from A to Z by Bobbie Kalman
A Kid's Guide to the Bill of Rights: Curfews, Censorship, and the 100 Pound Giant by Kathleen Krull
Working at a Museum by Arthur John L'Hommeideu
Genius of Common Sense: Jane Jacobs and the Story of the Death and Life of Great American Cities by Glenna Lang and Marjory Wunsch
The Kid's Guide to Social Action: How to Solve Problems You Choose - And Turn Creative Thinking Into Positive Action by Barbara A. Lewis
The Teen Guide to Global Action: How to Connect with Others (Near and Far) to Create Social Change by Barbara A. Lewis
I Want to be a Doctor by Dan Lieberman
We Live Here Too!: Kids Talk About Good Citizenship by Nancy Loewen
The Ballot Box Battle by Emily Arnold McCully
Love, Lizzie: Letters to a Military Mom by Lisa Tucker McElroy
The Whistle on the Train by Margaret McNamara
Terrific Trains by Tony Mitton
The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians by Carla Morris
Architecture (Eye on Art) by Don Nardo
National Geographic Student Atlas of the World, National Geographic Society
Electrician by David Overcamp
Keeping You Safe: A Book About Police Officers by Ann Owen
Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary by Elizabeth Partridge
The Bill of Rights by Norman Pearl
Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History by Harvey Pekar
My Grandma's the Mayor by Marjorie White Pellegrino
What Happens at a Toy Factory by Kathleen Pohl
Miranda Rights: Protecting the Rights of the Accused by G.S. Prentzas
My Picture Atlas by Roger Priddy
Curious George's Neighborhood: A Lift the Flap Book by H.E. Rey
Election Connection: The Official Nick Guide to Electing the President by Susan Ring
A Is for America: An American Alphabet by Devin Scillian
Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton
Hard Hat Area by Susan L. Roth
Let's Go Home: The Wonderful Things About a House by Cynthia Rylant
City Lullaby by Marilyn Singer
The Bill of Rights: Protecting Our Rights Then and Now by Syl Sobel J.D.
Anna's Art Adventure by Bjorn Sortland
If I Ran for President by Catherine Stier
Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney
My Taxi Ride by Jennifer Swender
Yes We Can: A Biograpghy of President Barack Obama by Garen Thomas
Constitution Translated for Kids by Cathy Travis
My Town (Young Geography) by Rebecca Treays
Chris's Story: A Family Voting Secret Revealed by Joyce Rolle Williams
A Day with a Carpenter by Joanne Winne
Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx La Juez que Crecio en el Bronx by Jonah Winter
Every Friday by Dan Yaccanino
Government Leaders Then and Now: My Community Then and Now (Primary Source Readers) by Lisa Zamosky
Store Clerks Then and Now: My Community Then and Now by Lisa Zamosky
ABC Dentist by Harriet Ziefert