Mary Cronin, Director at the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth is working on a grant with Chocorua Lake Conservancy to bring a series of programs for all ages to Tamworth this fall about the history and presence of Native Americans in this region through educational programs with Wabanaki REACH and others.
One of the organizations the library connected with is Gedakina, based in Essex Junction, VT, but serving all of New England, which has an interesting One Shelf Project to for schools and libraries, described as follows:
One Shelf Project – 2020 marked the birth of The One Shelf Project, a Giveaway of culturally relevant, historically accurate, and high-quality traditional literature and educational materials to school districts, community culture centers, and libraries serving children across New England and Upstate NY. This year’s selection included 50+ books for K-12 as well as Teacher Resources. We hope to make this an annual event in the future. See http://gedakina.org/index.php/2020/10/one-shelf-project/The One Shelf Project book list of 50 titles can be found here, http://gedakina.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2020-One-Shelf-Project-book-list.pdf. They are working on a new list of titles for the next round of the project. Leah Summerfield is the person doing that, and she is interested in connecting with New Hampshire librarians.
