NCompass Live: Nebraska 150 Books: Celebrating Nebraska's Sesquicentennial Through Literature

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NEBRASKA 150 BOOKS: CELEBRATING NEBRASKA’S SESQUICENTENNIAL

THROUGH LITERATURE

NEBRASKA 150 BOOKS:WHO WE ARE

Judy Keetle, EducatorNebraska State Historical [email protected]

Erin Willis, CuratorJane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska AuthorsLincoln City [email protected]

NEBRASKA 150 BOOKS: THE BOOK SELECTION COMMITTEE

Committee Chair: Judy Keetle, Nebraska State Historical Society Educator

Sharon Bishop, Retired Teacher, Hendersen

Devra Dragos, Nebraska Library Commission

Kathy Johnson, Librarian at the University of Nebraska Libraries

Dr. Michael Page, UNL English Professor

Laureen Riedesel, Library Director, Beatrice Public Library

Gloria Strope, NLHA President

Autumn Sweley, NLHA Member

Erin Willis, Curator, Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors

NEBRASKA 150 BOOKS:MISSION

The Mission of the NE 150 Book Selection Committee is:

1. To choose 150 Nebraska Books to read in conjunction with the state's sesquicentennial.

2. To categorize the books by genre. This is to make it easier for readers to select books they would like to read in their favorite genre.

3. To highlight the top 12 recommended books in the fiction, non-fiction, poetry and young adult/children's genres so Nebraskans can read one book each month.

NEBRASKA 150 BOOKS:AUTHOR CRITERIA

Nebraska Author Criteria1. The author was born or grew up in Nebraska.OR2. The author was educated in NebraskaOR3. The author spent most of their productive writing years in Nebraska

NEBRASKA 150 BOOKS:BOOK SELECTION CRITERIA

Nebraska Book Criteria1. Priority will be given to books about Nebraska or have a Nebraska setting.

2. Books will be readily available in libraries or book stores.

3. Titles will reflect a variety of works that have appealed to Nebraskans over time.

*Books on the short list must meet the criteria for a Nebraska Author AND Nebraska Book

*Books on the long list must meet the criteria for Nebraska Author AND/OR Nebraska Book

NEBRASKA 150 BOOKS:PROCESS FOR SELECTION

Book Selection Committee:• Historical Relevance• Attention to diversity, time in history, geography• Availability

Book Review Committee:• Educators: teachers, professors, librarians• Humanities and Book Specialists• Community Members

Download printable Booklist at:http://nebraska150books.org/nebraska-books/ne-150-sesquicentennial-book-

list.html

NEBRASKA 150 BOOKS:THE SHORT LIST, FICTION

FictionThe Swan Gondola – Timothy SchaffertThe Patient in Room 18 – Mignon G. EberhartMy Àntonia – Willa CatherThe Meaning of Names – Karen Gettert ShoemakerTell Me a Riddle – Tillie OlsenA Lantern in Her Hand – Bess Streeter AldrichHector’s Bliss: Black Homesteaders at Goose Lake, Nebraska – Dennis VossbergA Different Plain: Contemporary Nebraska Fiction Writers– Ladette Randolph, editorGoodnight, Nebraska – Tom McNealA Perfect Evil – Alex KavaThe Home Place – Wright MorrisHaven’s Wake – Ladette Randolph

NEBRASKA 150 BOOKS:THE SHORT LIST, NON-FICTION

Non-FictionHistory of Nebraska, 4th ed. – Ronald C. Naugle, James C. OlsonI Am a Man: Chief Standing Bear’s Journey for Justice –Joe StaritaLocal Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps – Ted KooserSolomon D. Butcher: Photographing the American Dream – John CarterSeasons of the Tallgrass Prairie: A Nebraska Year – Paul A. JohnsgardOld Jules – Mari SandozKeith County Journal – John Janovy, Jr.A Harmony of the Arts: The Nebraska State Capitol –Frederick C. LuebkeAll the Strange Hours: The Excavation of a Life – Loren EiseleyThe Middle of Everywhere: The World’s Refugees Come to Our Town– Mary PipherAutobiography of Malcolm X – Malcolm X, with Alex HaleyFighting Liberal : The Autobiography of George W. Norris – George W. Norris

NEBRASKA 150 BOOKS:THE SHORT LIST, YA AND PICTURE BOOKS

Young Adult/Picture BooksNight of the Twisters – Ivy RuckmanBag in the Wind – Ted KooserC Is for Cornhusker: A Nebraska Alphabet -Rajean Luebs ShepherdSister Sweet Ella – Rosekrans HoffmanBilly and Blaze – C. W. AndersonA Perfect Snowman – Preston McDanielsGoing North – Janice N. HarringtonEleanor & Park – Rainbow RowellSimpson’s Sheep Won’t Go to Sleep – Bruce ArantThe Rithmatist – Brandon SandersonThe House Without a Christmas Tree – Gail RockPioneer Girl: A True Story of Growing Up on the Prairie – Andrea Warren

NEBRASKA 150 BOOKS:THE SHORT LIST

PoetryA Cycle of the West – John G. Neihardt

Delights and Shadows: Poems– Ted Kooser

Nebraska: This Place, These People– William Kloefkorn

Potato Soup – Twyla Hansen

A Nebraska Presence: An Anthology of Poetry – Greg Kosmicki & Mary K. Stillwell, editors

Forty Nebraska Poets – Greg Kuzma, editor

NEBRASKA 150 BOOKS:THE READING CHALLENGE

Learn more about the Nebraska 150 Reading Challenge and download printable Reading Challenge entry forms at:

www.nebraska150books.org

Get Involved >> The Nebraska 150 Reading Challenge

http://nebraska150books.org/get-involved/the-nebraska-150-reading-challenge.html

NEBRASKA 150 BOOK:READING CHALLENGE SPONSORS AND PRIZESGrand Prize: Qualifiers read all 42 books on the short listSponsor: University of Nebraska PressPrize: $300 voucher for books

Gold Prize: Qualifiers read 12 books on the short list Sponsors: Bookstores throughout NebraskaPrizes: $25 gift card and Prize Pack

Silver Prize: Qualifiers read 6 books on the short listSponsors: Authors and LibrariesPrizes: Book Bundles and Prize Packs

NEBRASKA 150 BOOKS:PROMOTE THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR LIBRARY

Nebraska 150 Books Materials are provided free of charge through a grant from Humanities Nebraska.Materials available by request include:

• Posters• Bookmarks• Book Lists• Reading Challenge Entry Forms• Book Award Seals

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NEBRASKA 150 BOOKS:NEBRASKA AUTHORS TO READ WITH YOUR BOOK CLUB

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

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