Toledo-Lucas County Public Library 'The Big Read' Grant

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library a $20,000 nationally competitive grant in support of The Big Read.

The Big Read was created to address the national decline in literary reading as documented in the NEA’s 2004 landmark survey, Reading At Risk and is a partnership among the NEA, the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest encouraging communities to read and discuss a single book.

The Library’s major partner for The Big Read is the Toledo Community Foundation (TCF), which has contributed an additional $20,000 for the community-based program.

The book selected for Lucas County is Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. For a complete list of other communities participating in the Big Read, a list of the Big Read novels, program application guidelines, or more information on the program, please visit www.neabigread.org For more on To Kill A Mockingbird, please visit http://neabigread.org/books/mockingbird