The winner of the 2008 Flume Award is New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. 
Out of 636 votes cast from 39 voting sites, New Moon garnered 254 votes.

Here is the breakdown:

New Moon--254
Just Listen--87
Marley and Me--42
The Book Thief--40
Life as We Knew It--39
Lord Loss--39
The Glass Castle--38
Heavy Metal and You--35
A Certain Slant of Light--20
The Night My Sister Went Missing--16
King Dork--11
Over a Thousand Hills I Walk with You--10
The Minister's Daughter--5

2008 Ladybug Nominees

The We the People Bookshelf, a collection of classic books for young readers, is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) We the People program, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office.

Each year, NEH identifies a theme important to the nation's heritage and selects books that embody that theme to build the We the People Bookshelf. The theme for the 2007-2008 Bookshelf is “Created Equal. Applications are no longer being accepted.

A total of 3,000 libraries were selected to receive the “Created Equal” Bookshelf. Awards were announced on March 31, 2008.

The “Created Equal” Bookshelf grants are part of the NEH's We the People initiative, which aims to encourage and strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture through libraries, schools, colleges, universities, and cultural institutions. Since 2003, NEH and ALA have awarded We the People Bookshelves to 9,000 public and school libraries. NEH plans to issue a We the People Bookshelf each year on themes related to American ideas and ideals.

Congratulations to the recipients of the "Created Equal" Bookshelf.

Recipients are listed alphabetically by state below. If your library received the "Created Equal" Bookshelf, please see Resources for Project Directors for program logos, marketing tools and more.

• Alabama – Idaho (PDF)
• Illinois – Missouri (PDF)
• Montana – Pennsylvania (PDF)
• Puerto Rico – Wyoming (PDF)

"Created Equal" Collection

The “Created Equal” Bookshelf includes the following titles, which were selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), in cooperation with the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of ALA.

Kindergarten to Grade 3

The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen

The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco

Pink y Say by Patricia Polacco (translated by Alejandra Lopez Varela)

Grades 4 to 6

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

Give Me Liberty! The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Russell Freedman

Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman

Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom by Virginia Hamilton

Lyddie by Katherine Paterson

Lyddie by Katherine Paterson (translated by Rosa Benavides)

Grades 7 to 8

Saturnalia by Paul Fleishman

Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman

Abraham Lincoln the Writer: A Treasury of His Greatest Speeches And Letters edited by Harold Holzer

Breaking Through by Francisco Jiménez

Senderos Fronterizos: Breaking Through Spanish Edition by Francisco Jiménez

Grades 9 to 12

Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution by Natalie S. Bober

That All People May Be One People, Send Rain to Wash the Face of the Earth by Nez Perce Chief Joseph

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Flores Para Algernon by Daniel Keyes (translated by Paz Barroso)

Lincoln’s Virtues: An Ethical Biography by William Lee Miller

Amistad: A Novel by David Pesci

Bonus:

History in a Box Kit on Abraham Lincoln

This kit, developed by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, contains a resource book (print and CD formats), DVD, interactive CD-ROM, and posters, featuring primary source documents, photographs, artwork, maps, songs, and other teaching resources.

Buy a canvas bag at the Tucker Free Library.  The Friends of the Tucker Free Library are selling recycled canvas bags for your books.  The bags are $5.00 each and the proceeds benefit the SUMMER READING PROGRAM.  Anyone who has purchased these bags knows that $5.00 for a recycled canvas bag is quite a bargain.  To minimize the cost we did not add any graphics, the bags are a blank canvas so you can decorate them yourselves!

TUCKER FREE LIBRARY is participating in the Robert & Karin Finlay Foundation Challenge.  The Finlay Challenge was designed to energize the cultural workforce and help spark awareness of vital community resources such as the Tucker Free Library.  The goal of the Finlay Challenge is to ensure that visitors of all generations and backgrounds will come to the Tucker Free Library and emerge enriched and eager to return.

The challenge is to increase our membership over a twelve month period ending October 31, 2008.  Since the challenge started on November 1^st, 2007 we have registered 52 new patrons so we are well on our way to achieving our goal!

SIGN-UP FOR A LIBRARY CARD and help the Tucker Free Library win $25,000 from the Finlay Foundation. 

We are busy planning lots of great activities for the summer.  This year our goal is to have the kids in Henniker read 2500 books between June 13^th and August 30^th.  

The official kick-off for the program will be the 3^rd annual BASH ON THE LAWN on Friday June 13^th at 2:45PM.  Everyone is invited to attend.  DJ Dave will be back for this very popular event.

On July 18^th illusionist JASON PURDY will be at Tucker Free Library to perform a one hour magic show.  This promises to be a very exciting event so please join us.

A number of different programs are being planned.  Please check-out our website for specific details as they become available.

TUCKER'S LITTLE TYKES
2/7    Winter Festivals

2/14   Valentines
2/21   Fairy Tales
2/28   In Like a Lion out Like a Lamb
3/6    Eat Your Peas
3/13   Clay Creations
3/20   Spring Trees with Water Color
3/27   Finger Painting
4/3    Ballerines and Baseball
4/10   Oceans
4/17   Gallery Opening
4/24   Plant a Tree/Seed
5/1     May Day
5/8     Pet Week
5/15    PARTY!

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