Next Monday on the 4th of July all locations of the Library will be closed. We hope you get to watch a good parade, join friends for a cook out, and enjoy the spectacular national fireworks.

But if you want to take Independence Day a step further, check out these great stories about how the United States was born.

• The Journey of the One and Only Declaration of Independence by Judith St. George
• Happy Birthday America! by Martha Wilson Chall
• King George: What Was His Problem? Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn’t Tell You About The American Revolution by Steve Sheinkin