Article source for : Toledo-Lucas County Public Library 'The Big Read' Grant
Jun 29, 2007 posting on the library's "Web site":http://www.toledolibrary.org/about/nr/releases.asp#bigread
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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
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