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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
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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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