Children to be honored during National Library Week

National Library Week this year occurs April 12th until April 18th. Because the Crawfordsville Library will be closed on Easter Sunday, the Youth Services Department will celebrate with gifts beginning Monday. The first 100 children who come to obtain their first borrowing cards or who visit with their library cards will each receive a "Pop Open a Good Book" bag containing a bookmark and a special package of microwave popcorn to "pop" at home. Books often explain the past. Ten billion years of life on our planet are scanned in "Supercontinent" by Ted Nield. "Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off and Other Lessons from the Lewis & Clark Trail" comes from Stephenie Tubbs. American Rifle" by Alexander Rose is a biography of that special icon. After all, George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. This book encompasses time from the Revolution to the present day."The Slaves' War" by Andrew Ward explains the American Civil War in former slaves' words woven together from hundreds of interviews, diaries, letters, and memoirs. "American Made" is Nick Taylor's documentation of the activities of the WPA (Works Progress Administration) when President Franklin Roosevelt put the nation to work beginning in 1935. "The New Deal-a 75th Anniversary Celebration" by Kathryn Flynn offers photographs and posters of the programs from 1933 to 1943 designed to ease the Depression."The Journal of Helene Berr" presents the notes of the heroic young woman whose spirit thrived in the face of prejudice and war as a recent graduate of the Sorbonne seeking refuge from the harsh realities of being a Jew under the Vichy regime 1942-1944. "Gone Too Soon" is People Magazine's salute to 65 celebrates who died far too young. "Leathernecks" by Merrill Bartlett and Jack Sweetman is an elaborate illustrated history of the United States Marine Corps. Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey's "State by State" is a panoramic portrait of America expressed through 50 unusual essays. The one named "Indiana" was written by Susan Choi, who composed a few complimentary paragraphs about Crawfordsville on page 147, especially extolling Wabash College and " a handsome building of caramel-colored stone" the Carnegie Library. Tables show Indiana to be the 15th most populous state, 30th in population increase the last 50 years, 33rd in foreign-born population, with a median age of 36.3, 16% claiming no religion, $ 8, 798 public education expenditure per pupil (21st highest), with lots more tables. Some new books were requested by patrons. "The Well-Educated Mind: a guide to the classical education you never had" by Susan Bauer offers this inside the cover: "Have you lost the art of reading for pleasure? Are there books you know you should read but haven't because they seem too daunting?" The book's aim is to show you how to avoid distractions and enjoy self-improvement from your time spent reading. Susan Jacoby's "The Age of American Unreason" surveys "junk thought" forced on us by the mass media and other "lazy" attractions, challenging Americans to face the painful truth about its costs to individuals and the nation. Maureen McCormick's "Here's the Story" (Marcia Brady on "The Brady Bunch") exposes a side of this beloved pop-culture program that the paparazzi missed; Maureen shows how she became a survivor. "Hope Endures" by Colette Livermore is subtitled "leaving Mother Teresa, losing faith, and searching for meaning"; she worked for eleven years in Mother Teresa's order.