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ALABAMA

Decatur
"Same Book, Same Time"
Calhoun Community College and Wheeler Basin Regional Library
2002 - It Wasn't All Dancing and Other Stories by Mary Ward Brown

Huntsville
"Get Caught Reading"
Huntsville-Madison County Public Library
June 2002 - All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
Apr. - June 2003 - Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
http://www.hpl.lib.al.us/bookclub/.

Mobile
"Mobile's Book: A Shared Experience"
Mobile Annual Book Committee
2002 - Ava's Man by Rick Bragg
2003 - Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
www.mobilesbook.org

ALASKA

"Alaska Reads"
Alaska Sisters in Crime group
2002--North Star Conspiracy by Miriam Grace Monfredo
http://www.alaskareads.com/

ARIZONA

"ONE BOOK AZ"
Sponsored by the Maricopa County Library Council, Arizona State Library, and Arizona Humanities Council.
April 2002 - Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
2003 - Plainsong by Kent Haruf
http://www.onebookaz.org

ARKANSAS

"If All Arkansas Read the Same Book"
Arkansas Center for the Book
2001--To Dance With the White Dog by Terry Kay
2002--The Captain's Wife by Doug Kelly
2003 (Apr. 6-13)--All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg

CALIFORNIA

"California Stories: Reading The Grapes of Wrath"
California Council for the Humanities, California Center for the Book,
California State Library
www.californiastories.org/

Bakersfield
"One Book, One Bakersfield"
Kern County Library
March-May 2002--To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Summer-Fall 2002 -- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
2003 - The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
http://onebookonebakersfield.com

Lodi
"If All Lodi Reads One Book"
Lodi Arts Commission
2002 - Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston

Long Beach
"Long Beach Reads One Book"
Long Beach Public Library Foundation
April 29-May 5, 2002--Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
2003 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Los Angeles
"One Book, One City L.A."
Mayor's Office and Los Angeles Public Library
April 2002--Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Orange County
"Orange County Reads One Book"
Orange County Dept. of Education and others
phone: 714-846-8717 / e-mail: info@orangecountyreads.org
2003 - featuring the work of Adeline Yen Mah, an Orange County author
www.orangecountyreads.org/

Pasadena
"One City, One Story"
2002 - The Soloist by Mark Salzman
http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/library/1bookproject.asp

Pico Rivera
"One Book, One City"
The city of Pico Rivera, the County of Los Angeles Public Library, and the El Rahcho Unified School District
Phone: 562-942-7394
2002 (Oct.-Nov.) - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Santa Barbara
"Santa Barbara Reads"
Santa Barbara Cook Council, Santa Barbara Public Library System, and others
2002 - The Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle
www.ci.santa-barbara.ca.us/library/sbreads/

Santa Monica
"What If All Santa Monica Read the Same Book"
Santa Monica Public Library
2003 - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
http://www.smpl.org/cwr/

Silicon Valley
"Silicon Valley Reads: One Book, One Community"
San Jose Library Foundation and the Santa Clara County office of Education
2003 -- Breaking Through by Francisco Jiminez
www.siliconvalleyreads.org/

Stockton
"One Book, One Stockton"
Stockton Public Library
2002--To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Woodland
"Woodland Reads"
2002 - The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez
2003 - Epitaph for a Peach by David Mas Masumoto
members.aol.com/nextchap44/programs.htm#READS

COLORADO

Pikes Peak
"All Pikes Peak Reads 2002"
Sept. - Oct. 2002 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Vail
"Valley Reads"
e-mail: info@vailsymposium.org
Mar.-Apr. 2003 - The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall
Click on Virtual Book Club Valley Read

CONNECTICUT

Glastonbury
"Glastonbury Reads a Book"
Welles-Turner Memorial Library
phone: 860-652-7719
2002 - Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
2003 - A Stranger in the Kingdom by Howard Mosher
www.wtmlib.com/GRAB.htm

Hartford
"One Book"
The Capitol Region Library Council, Greater Hartford Literacy Council, the Hartford Public Library, and others
June - Sept. 2002 - Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

Wallingford
"One Town, One Trilogy: One Book at a Time"
Wallingford Public Library
Dec. 2002 - The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
http://www.wallingford.lioninc.org/wallingford_reads.htm

DELAWARE

"Delaware Reads"
Delaware Center for the Book, Delaware Division of Libraries, State Library
2002- About the American Dream
www.state.lib.de.us/Center_For_The_Book/DE_Reads/

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

"D.C. We Read 2002"
District of Columbia Center for the Book
June 2002 - Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
May 2003 - Fathering Words: The Making of An African American Writer by E. Ethelbert Miller

FLORIDA

Gainesville
"One City One Story"
Hippodrome State Theater
2001-2002 - The Diary of Anne Frank
2002-2003 - Romeo and Juliet
hipp.gru.net/onecityonestory.html

Jacksonville
"Jax Reads!"
e-mail: jaxreads@firstcoastcommunity.com
2002 - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
groups.firstcoastcommunity.com/jaxreads

Miami
"One Book, One Community"
Florida Center for the Literary Arts (FCLA) at Miami-Dade Community College
phone: 305-237-7261
2003 -- A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines

Orlando
"One Book, One Community"
The Orlando Sentinel and the Orange County Library System
March-April 2002 - Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Jan. 12-14, 2003 - Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DeCamillo

Palm Beach
"Read Together Palm Beach County"
Coordinated by the Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition, The Public Libraries of Palm Beach County, BookFest, Inc., the School District of Palm Beach County, and the Palm Beach Post
March - April 2002 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
http://readtogether.pbpost.com

Pasco County
"One Book, One Pasco"
2002 - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
www.saintleo.edu/1b1p/

Pinellas County
"One Book, One Bay"
2002 - Killing Mr. Watson by Peter Matthiessen
snoppy.tblc.lib.fl.us/spl/baybook.html

Tampa
City encouraged to read one book...as an example of [Martin Luther] King's message
Mayor's Office
January 21, 2002--Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman

GEORGIA

"All Georgia Reading the Same Book"
Georgia Center for the Book
2002 - Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray(Title chosen from the Georgia Top 25 Reading List)

Gwinnett County
"Gwinnett Reads"
Gwinnett County Public Library
2003 - All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
www.gwinnettpl.org/

HAWAII

Maui

"Maui Reads"
Hawaii Center for the Book - Maui
April 2002--Middle Son by Deborah Iida

IDAHO

Boise
"What If Everyone Read the Same Book?"
Log Cabin Literary Center/Boise Public Library/Initiated by Dan Popkey at the Idaho Statesman
2001--Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
2002-- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

ILLINOIS

Chicago
"One Book, One Chicago"
Chicago Public Library and the Mayor's Office
2001 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2002- Night by Elie Wiesel
2003- My Antonia by Willa Cather

Lake Villa
"One Book, One Community"
Lake Villa District Library
Apr. - Sept. 2--3 -- A Long Way Home by Richard Peck

Naperville
"Naperville Reads"
Jan-Feb. 2002 - Gary Paulsen
2003 - Kevin Hankes, Jerry Spinelli, and Pete Hamill
http://napervillereads.com/

Peoria
"Peoria Reads"
Peoria Public Library and Common Place
Jan-April 2002 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
Jan - Apr 2003 -- The Reappearance of Sam Webber by Jonathan Scott Fuqua
http://www.peoriareads.org/

Princeton
"Princeton Reads Together"
Matson Public Library
2003 -- Tuesdays With Morrie by Mike Albom

Springfield
"Together We Read"
Lincoln Library, Chatham Area Public Library, Rochester Public Library
2002 - Plainsong by Kent Haruf

INDIANA

Bloomington
"One Book, One Bloomington"
Bloomington Area Arts Council
Feb - Apr 2002 -- A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
Jan - May 2003 -- 1984 by George Orwell
www.artlives.org/obob.html

Evansville
"One Book, One Community: Reading Together in Southwestern Indiana"
Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library
2002 -- Vernon Can Read by Vernon Jordan
2003 -- All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
www.evpl.org/onebook/index.html

Indianapolis
"One Book, One City"
Indianapolis Marion County Public Library and others
2002-03 - The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West
onebook.imcpl.org/

Lafayette
"One Great Read, One Greater Lafayette"
Aug. 2002 - - Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Madison
"One Book, One Community, Madison, Hanover, Jefferson County"
Sponsor: The Human Relations Commission, City of Madison
Aug. 2002 - April 2003 -- The Hoosier School-boy by Edward Eggleston
Contact: bcanida@seidata.com

Northwest Indiana
"One Region One Book"
Sponsored by the Post-Tribune and area libraries
October 2002 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
www.post-trib.com/orob

Valparaiso
"Valpo Reads a Book!"
Sponsored by Mercantile National Bank of Indiana
Apr. 14 - 20, 2002 -- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
April 2003 - The Giver by Lois Lowry
http://www.valporeadsabook.com/

Vigo County
"What If All of Vigo County Read the Same Book"
April 2002 - Snow Falling on Cedars
2003 - Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
http://www.vigo.lib.in.us/cs/ifall/ifall.htm

IOWA

"All Iowa Reads"
Iowa Center for the Book, State Library of Iowa
2003 - - Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
www.silo.lib.ia.us/misc/All-Iowa-Reads/index.htm

Cedar Rapids
"CR Reads"
Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation and others
2003 - Plainsong by Kent Haruf
www.crlibrary.org/crreads/crreadshome.htm

Davenport
"Davenport Reads!"
Davenport Public Library and Davenport Community School District
April - May 2003 -- A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
www.davenportreads.org/

Johnson County
"All Johnson County Reads the Same Book"
The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights et al.
2001 - The Last Summer of Reason by Tahar Djaout
2002 - First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung

KANSAS

Kansas City Metropolitan Region
"United We Read"
July 2002 - November 2002 - - Plainsong by Kent Haruf
August 5 - November 5, 2003 - The Year The Colored Sisters Came To Town by Jacqueline Guidry.
e-mail: sburton@kcmlin.org
http://www.kcmlin.org/UnitedWeRead/introduction2003.htm

Lawrence
"Read Across Lawrence"
Lawrence Public Library and others
Feb. 1999 - Nothing But the Truth by Avi
Feb. 2001 - Having Our Say:The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Feb. 2002 - Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes
Feb. 2003 - Secrets of the Tsil Café by Thomas Fox Averill
Feb. 2004 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

KENTUCKY

"What If All Kentucky Reads the Same Book"
Kentucky Educational Television Project(bookclub@KET)
May 2001--The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

LOUISIANA

Lafayette
"Lafayette Reads Ernest Gaines"
Coordinated by the National Writing Project of Acadiana,cosponsored by the Lafayette Public Library, endorsed by the Lafayette Parish School Board
Feb. 18 - March 26, 2002
For information, contact Ann Dobie, director of the project

MAINE

Bangor
"Bangor Reads"
Bangor Public Library
2002 - - Killer Angels by
2003 - - The Maine Woods by Henry David Thoreau
www.bpl.lib.me.us/public/bangor_reads.htm

MARYLAND

Baltimore
"Baltimore's Book"
Enoch Pratt Free Library and Mayor Martin O'Malley
Sept. - Oct. 2002 - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
http://www.eppl.net/events/baltimoresbook.html

MASSACHUSETTS

Falmouth
"What's Falmouth Reading"
2003 - To Kill A Mockingbird
http://www.falmouth.k12.ma.us/mh/yotr.html

Greenfield
"On the Same Page"
Greenfield Public Library and World Eye Bookshop
2002 - The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

Martha's Vineyard
"One Book - One Island"
Martha's Vineyard Library Association and others
2002 - Spartina by John Casey (for adults) and Holes by Louis Sachar (for young readers)
www.aquinnahlibrary.vineyard.net/onebookoneisland_page.html

Wakefield
"Wakefield Reads"
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
2002 - Our Town by Thornton Wilder
Winter 2003 - Snows Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
http://www.noblenet.org/wakefield/wakefieldreads03.htm

MICHIGAN

Ann Arbor
"Ann Arbor Reads"
The University of Michigan Life Sciences, Values and Society Program, the Ann Arbor District Library, Shaman Drum Bookshop, and others
Jan.-Mar. 2003 - Abraham Lincoln's DNA and Other Adventures in Genetics by Philip R. Reilly
http://www.aareads.org/

Detroit
"Read Detroit! One Book, One City"
Detroit Public Library
Feb. - Apr. 2003 - What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Dayby Pearl Cleage

East Lansing
"One Book, One Community"
City of East Lansing and Michigan State University
Oct. - Nov. 2002 - Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
http://www.onebook.msu.edu

Flint/Genesee County
"One Book, One Community"
Flint Public/Genesee District Libraries
April 2002 - The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/onebook/info.html

Grosse Pointe/Harper Woods
"One Book, One Community"
Grosse Point Public School System
Apr.-May 2002 -- A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Kalamazoo
"Reading Together"
Kalamazoo Public Library, phone: 269-553-7913
Feb. 17- March 30, 2003 -- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Lansing
"Capital Area Reads: One Book, Many Voices"
The Capital Area District Library
2003 - How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, by Julia Alvarez
www.cadl.org/CAR/index.htm

Macomb County Area
"One Book, One Community"
Macomb County Library
July-Aug. 2002 - Snow in August by Pete Hamill
Apr.-Aug. 2003 - The Ballad of Frankie Silver by Sharyn McCrumb
http://www.macomb.lib.mi.us/onebook/

Marquette
"Read! Marquette"
Peter White Public Library
Oct. - Nov. 2002 -- The Color of Water by James McBride
March - April 2003 -- The Long Walk: a Gamble for Life by Slavomir Rawicz as told to Ronald Downing

Traverse City
"Traverse City READS"
Traverse Area District Library
Nov. 2002-Jan. 2003 - Peace Like a River by Lief Enger
tadl.tcnet.org/traversecityreads.htm

MINNESOTA

Duluth
"Reading: Bridge to a Wider World"
Duluth Public Library
April 14 - 20, 2002 -- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2003 - Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
http://www.duluth.lib.mn.us/Programs.html

Fergus Falls
"Fergus Falls Reads"
Fergus Falls Public Schools
2002 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2003 - Staggerford by Jon Hassler
http://www.fergusfalls.k12.mn.us/publicdb/ffreads/default.htm

Owatonna
"One City, One Book"
2001 - Jim the Boy by Tony Earley
www.1city1book.org/

Rochester
"Rochester Reads"
Rochester Public Library and others
2003 - Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
www.rochesterreads.org/

St. Paul
"Saint Paul Reads One Book"
St. Paul Public Schools and the Mayor's Office
2002 - Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy
2003 - The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
http://www.saintpaulreads.org/

Twin Cities (Minnesota) area
"Twin Cities One Book"
Sept. 15 - Nov. 15, 2002 - Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
2003 - Call for recommendations in February
http://www.twincitiesonebook.org

MISSOURI

Kansas City Metropolitan Region
"United We Read"
July 2002 - November 2002 - - Plainsong by Kent Haruf
August 5 - November 5, 2003 - The Year The Colored Sisters Came To Town by Jacqueline Guidry.
e-mail: sburton@kcmlin.org
http://www.kcmlin.org/UnitedWeRead/introduction2003.htm

"READ MOre"
Missouri Humanities Council and others
March - April 2002-- Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
2003 - Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles
http://www.mohumanities.org/new/readmore.htm

"One READ"
Daniel Boone Regional Library
July - November 2002 - - - Plainsong by Kent Haruf
http://www.dbrl.org/oneread/index.html

Cape Girardeau
"United We Read"
Central High School
Feb. 2002 - A Painted House by John Grisham
Feb. 2003 - All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
http://www.cape.k12.mo.us/chs/library/uwr

MONTANA

"One Book Montana"
Sponsors: Montana Center for the Book, Montana State Library, Montana Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio
2003 - Winter Wheat by Mildred Walker
www.montanabook.org/onebook.htm

Ronan
"One Book, One Community"
Ronan Middle School, Drawer R, Ronan, MT 59864
Contact Julie Cajune or Karen Krantz at 406-676-3390, x3404
2003 - Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival by Velma Wallis

NEBRASKA

Lincoln
"One Book, One Lincoln"
Lincoln City Libraries and Lincoln Journal Star
Oct. - Nov. 2002 - Plainsong by Kent Haruf
2003 - To be announced after Feb. 9, 2003
http://www.lcl.lib.ne.us/info/obol.htm

NEVADA

Washoe County
"Read.Washoe.Read"
Collaborative effort: KNPB (Channel 5), Washoe County Library System, City of Reno, et al
Sept. 2002 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
http://www.readwashoeread.com

Western Nevada
"One Book, Many Stories"
Western Nevada Community College and the public libraries of the seven counties the college serves
Jan.-Mar. 2003 - Mountain City by Gregory Martin

NEW HAMPSHIRE

"What Is New Hampshire Reading This Month?"
New Hampshire Humanities Council program
2002 Theme - "With Earth in Mind"
2003 - "America from Afar" and "American Food and Families"
http://www.nhhc.org/winhr/index.htm

NEW JERSEY

"One Book New Jersey"
The New Jersey Library Association's Public Relations Committee, the New Jersey State Library,
the association's Children's Services and Youth Services Sections and the New Jersey Secretary of State's office
2003 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
e-mail: info@onebooknewjersey.org
www.onebooknewjersey.org

Princeton
"Princeton Reads"
Princeton Public Library and others
October 2002 - Native Speaker by Chang-rae Lee
http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/programs/ptonreads3.html

NEW YORK

Buffalo
"If All Buffalo Read the Same Book"
just buffalo literary center
2000 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
2001 - Queen of the Mist by Joan Murray
2002 - A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind

Central Valley
"Woodbury Reads"
Woodbury Public Library and Friends of Woodbury Public Library
2002 - The Giver by Lois Lowry
2003 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Contact Martha LaVallee at 845-928-2114 or e-mail: mlavalle@rcls.org

Ithaca
"Ithaca Reads"
Tompkins County Public Library in partnership with Cornell University, The Ithaca Journal, Borders Bookstore and many other community groups
2002 - Frankenstein
tcpl.org/Frankenstein

Jamestown
"Jamestown Reads"
Prendergast Library and Reg Lenna Civic Center
March-April 2002 -- Puddn'head Wilson by Mark Twain
2003 - American Dreams: Lost and Found by Studs Terkel
http://www.cclslib.org/prendergast/jamestownreads.html

Long Island
"Long Island Reads" - "One Island - One Book"
Nassau and Suffolk County public libraries
April 14 - 20, 2002 - - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
April 2003 - How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
scla.net/scla2000/lireads.html

New York City
"New York Reads Together"
New York Women's Agenda
Oct. 2002 (kickoff) - The Color of Water by James McBride
http://www.nyreadstogether.org

"One Book, One New York"
Committee of publishers, librarians, et al
[Launched] during Book Expo America - May 1-5, 2002
Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee

Rochester
"If All of Rochester Read the Same Book"
Writers & Books
2000 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
2002 - The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
2003 - Kindred by Octavia Butler
www.wab.org/events/allofrochester/index.shtml

Sullivan County
"One Book, One Community"
Steering Committee, Catskill Ramapo Library System, and Sullivan County Community College
2002 - Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
2003 - Selection to be made spring 2003
For information contact Thelma Drew, Chairperson

Syracuse
"If All of Central New York Read the Same Book"
Syracuse Stage, Friends of the Central Library, et al
e-mail: Lauren Kochian
2001-2002 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
2002-2003 - Arthur Miller

Westchester
"Westchester Reads"
Westchester Libraries System
2002 - Charlotte's Web by E. B. White

Western New York
"A Tale for Three Counties"
Genesee, Orleans, and Wyoming county libraries and others
March 2003 - Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
tale3counties.nioga.org/

White Plains
"One City, One Book"
July - Oct 2002 - - The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Read more about it.

NORTH CAROLINA

"NC Reads NC"
North Carolina Center for the Book and partners
Focus: NC poets and their works
www.iss.k12.nc.us/schools/staff/ncreads.htm

Buncombe County
"Together We Read"
Sponsor: Asheville-Buncombe Library System
Aug. 18-Sept.7, 2002 -- The French Broad by Wilma Dykeman

Forsyth County
"On the Same Page"
Forsyth County Public Library
Aug. - Oct. 2002 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2003 - TBA
www.co.forsyth.nc.us/library/book/about.html

Greensboro
"One City, One Book"
Greensboro Public Library
Sept. - Nov. 2002 - - A Lesson Before Dying
http://www.greensborolibrary.org/books/one_city.htm

Wake County
"Wake Reads Together"
Wake County Public Libraries
Jan.- Apr. 2003 - Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
http://www.wakegov.com/readstogether

Watauga County
Summer Reading Program at Appalachian State University and throughout Watauga County
2001 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J.Gaines
2002 - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
http://www.library.appstate.edu/reference/summerreadingprogram.html

NORTH DAKOTA

Wahpeton and Breckenridge
"Twin Towns/ One Book"
NDSC Mildred Johnson Library, Leach Library, Breckenridge Library
2003 - White Crosses by Larry Watson
www.ndscs.nodak.edu/outreach/twintowns.htm

OHIO

Ashtabula and Trumbull Counties
"One Book, Two Counties"
Ashtabula County District Library (phone: 440-997-9341, ext. 222) and Warrem-Trumbull County Public Library (phone: 330-399-8807, ext. 128)
2003 - The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter
www.wtcpl.lib.oh.us/onebooktwocounties/home.htm

Cincinnati
"On the Same Page Cincinnati"
Sponsored by the Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.Com, the public libraries of Hamilton, Boone, and Kenton counties, and others
April 2002 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
2003 - Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol
http://www.cincinnati.com/samepage/

Clayton
"Community Reading Project"
The Learning Community (civic literacy program)
2002 - The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw
2003 - The Grand Eccentrics by Mark Bernstein
phone: 937-836-3500

Cleveland
"North Coast Neighbors Share a Book"
Cleveland Area Metropolitan Library System
Jan-Apr 2002 -- To Kill a Mockingbird
Feb-Apr 2003 -- Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
http://www.camls.org/shareabook.html

Delaware County
"DelawaREADS"
Delaware District Library
July 2003 - Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
www.delaware.lib.oh.us/delatest.html

OKLAHOMA

"All Oklahoma Reads"
Oklahoma Center for the Book in conjunction with their 2001 Oklahoma Book Awards events
2001 - Joyce Carol Thomas

OREGON

Cannon Beach
"...Town Reads"
Cannon Beach Public Library, phone: 503-436-1391
2002 - A River Sutra by Gita Mehta

Eugene
"Readin' in the Rain"
Feb. 11 - Apr. 2, 2002 -- Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
2003 - Fire's Edge by Alan Siporin
http://www.eugene.com/entertainment/rainread_main.shtml

Multnomah County/Portland
"Everybody Reads"
Multnomah County Library and the Library Foundation
2003 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
www.multcolib.org/reads/

Washington County
"Washington County READS"
2003 - Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
www.wilinet.wccls.lib.or.us/washcoreads/washcoreads.shtml +

PENNSYLVANIA

Bethlehem
"On the Same Page Lehigh"
Lehigh University Libraries
2003 -- City of Light by Lauren Belfer
www.lehigh.edu/samepage

Cumberland-Dauphin Counties
"One Book, Two Counties"
Cumberland and Dauphin County Library Systems
2002 - The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
http://www.onebooktwocounties.org

Lancaster and York Counties
"United We Read"
Lancaster and York County Library Systems
2003 (Jan. 14 - Feb. 28)- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
http://www.unitedweread.org

Philadelphia
"One Book, One Philadelphia"
Free Library of Philadelphia
2003 - The Price of a Child by Lorene Cary
http://libwww.library.phila.gov/onebook/

Pittsburgh
"One Book, One Community"
Allegheny County Library Association
2003 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
www.carnegielibrary.org/onebook/

Scranton
"Scranton Reads"
City of Scranton and Albright Memorial Library
Contact: Susanna Melodia, chairperson at 570-348-3000 x3008/ e-mail: smelodia@albright.org
2002 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2003 - To be announced
www.scrantonreads.org/

RHODE ISLAND

"Reading Across Rhode Island"
Rhode Island Center for the Book at Providence Public Library
2003 (January - May): Wish You Well by David Baldacci
www.readingacrossri.org/

SOUTH CAROLINA

Beaufort County
"One County, One Book"
Beaufort County (SC) Public Library System
2003(March-May): The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy
www.bcgov.org/bftlib/onecounty.htm

TENNESSEE

Chattanooga
"A Tale for One City"
Sponsors: Chattanooga Hamilton County Bicentennial Library and Univ. of Tennessee, Chattanooga
April 2003 - Fried Green Tomatoes by Fannie Flagg

Knox County, Knoxville, Farragut
"One Book, One Community"
Community organizations including public libraries
2002 - The Pearl by John Steinbeck
2003 - A Death in the Family by James Agee
http://www.knoxlib.org/onebook/

Memphis
"Same Book,Same Time"
Memphis Shelby County Public Library
2002 - Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Murfreesboro
"Get Caught Reading in Rutherford County"
Linebaugh Public Library
2003 - All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
www.linebaugh.org/linebaugh/events.htm

Nashville
"Big Big Book Club"
Nashville Public Library
New selection each month
www.library.nashville.org/newsevents/bigbigbookclub.htm

TEXAS

"One Book/One Texas"
Part of the ninth annual Texas Writers Month - May 2002
Adult selection: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Children's selection: Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
e-mail: twmonth@texas.net

Abilene
"Abilene Reads!"
Friends of the Abilene Public Library
2002-03 - Will's War by Janice Woods Windle (selection for adults)
2002 - The Bootmaker and the Elves by Susan Lowell (selection for younger readers)
Click on "Abilene Reads"

Austin
"What If All of Austin Reads the Same Book?"
Mayor's Office and Austin Public Library
2002 - Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/library/mayor_bookclub.htm

Houston
"Books on the Bayou: Houston Reads Together"
The Houston Chronicle, the Houston Public Library, and the City of Houston
Sept. 2002 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/booksonthebayou/

Victoria
"Victoria Reads 2 in 2002"
Victoria Public Library
Citywide from Jan 15 - Mar 15, 2002
Two books featured:To Kill a Mockingbird and Isaac's Storm

Waco
"One Book, One Waco"
City of Waco and Baylor University
2002 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
www.waco-texas.com/onebook.htm

UTAH

Springville
"Springville Reads"
Springville Library (phone: 801-489-2720) and The Read Leaf
2002 - Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

VERMONT

"Vermont Reads"
Vermont Humanities Council
2003 - Witness by Karen Hesse
Click on Vermont Reads Witness

VIRGINIA

"All Virginia Reads"
Virginia Center for the Book
2000 - Sophie's Choice by William Styron

Lynchburg
"Lynchburg Reads"
Lynchburg Public Library
Apr.1 - May 15, 2002 -- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
2003 - The Color of Water by James McBride
http://www.lynchburgva.gov/publiclibrary/LynchburgReads.htm

Norfolk
"Norfolk Reads"
Norfolk Public Library
2002 - The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

Richmond
"GO READ!"
Richmond Public Library
2002 - A Lesson Before Dying
http://www.goreadrichmond.com

Winchester, Frederick County, and Clarke County
"One Book, One Community"
Jan. - Apr. 2003 - Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
Visit http://www.hrl.lib.state.va.us and click on "One Book, One Community."

WASHINGTON

Seattle
"If All Seattle Read the Same Book"
Washington Center for the Book at the Seattle Public Library
1998 - The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
1999 - A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
2001 - Fooling With Words: A Celebration of Poets and Their Craft by Bill Moyers
2002 - Wild Life by Molly Gloss
2003 - A Gesture Life by Chang-rae Lee

Seattle
"What If All Kids Read the Same Book"
2002 - Holes by Louis Sachar
http://www.allkidsread.org

WISCONSIN

Dane County Library Service and the Madison Public Library
"Read It - Share It"
2002 - Caucasia by Danzy Senna
2003 - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
http://madison.scls.lib.wi.us/readshare.html

La Crosse
"Read One Book"
La Crosse Public Library
phone: 608-789-7100
2002 - The Giver by Lois Lowry
2003 - Montana 1948 by Larry Watson

Milwaukee
"Milwaukee Reads"
Milwaukee Public Library
Feb.-Apr. 2002 - Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson

Racine
"Racine Reads"
Community wide reading project
2001 -- Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
2002 -- Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella
2003 -- Fist Stick Knife Gun by Geoffrey Canada
http://www.racinereads.org/

Waukesha
"Waukesha County Reads"
Waukesha County Federated Library System
Sept.-Oct. 2002 - The Giver by Lois Lowry
www.wcfls.lib.wi.us/giver/giver.htm


 


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15624 E. 24 Highway
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Last updated 5/20/03