Library Book Donated to St. Paul School Library by the Louisa St. Clair Chapter DAR

The Louisa St. Clair Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution of Grosse Pointe www.LSCDAR.com presented the book, The Constitution for Kids by Cathy Travis to the St. Paul School Library. Written specifically for the 9-12 year old age group, this comprehensive book offers the text of the Constitution of the United States on a split page. On the left is the original, somewhat hard to understand, text and on the right is a modern English “translation” that makes it easier for students in 4th through 7th grade to wrap their minds around these laws. The book also contains Constitutional Amendments in easy to understand everyday English, a glossary of terms, and a summary section which helps the children process what they just read.

LSC Chapter Librarian Mary Elizabeth Savage made the presentation in February, which has long been known as American History Month. The book is being donated to each public, private and parochial elementary school library in Grosse Pointe. The books were purchased from the Friends of the Detroit River Riverbank Book Service www.detroitriver.org with profits used for local community conservation education projects.

The Chapter also presented American History Calendars to Mrs. Zaranek for distribution to the History and Social Studies Teachers and students. Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, these calendars published by the United States Capital Historical Society feature pictures of American landmarks and a history fact for each day of the year.