Join staffers from the Champaign Public Library as we discuss the nine books we're encouraging people to read for the community-wide reading program "Get Inspired! Meet a Hero @ Your Library," February through April of 2008. Look for details on the library's website.
Three online discussions will take place simultaneously each month. Drop in or out of them as you please. The hope is that you will let us know what you think of these books and how they influenced you.
In February, we will read and discuss "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez, "The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream" by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Rameck Hunt with Lisa Frazier Page, and "Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson" by Mitch Albom.
Titles for March are "Zorro: A Novel" by Isabella Allende, "Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen" by Bob Greene, and "The Passion of Artemisia" by Susan Vreeland.
In April, our books will be "Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss, "An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography" by Paul Rusesabagina with Tom Zoellner, and "Pay It Forward: A Novel" by Catherine Ryan Hyde.
All of these books can be found in abundance at the Champaign Public Library in our new building at 200 W. Green Street or at our Douglass Branch Library at 504 E. Grove Street.
— Kristina
Funding for the Meet a Hero @ Your Library grant was awarded by the Illinois State Library (ISL), a Division of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), under the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). Partners in the project are the Champaign Public Library, The Urbana Free Library, Parkland College Library, University of Illinois Library, Champaign Unit #4 School District, Urbana School District #116, and The News-Gazette.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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