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Sundown Town
One Book, One Community
by, Jill Swenson
March 28, 2017

Across the nation there are community reading programs that ask everyone to read and discuss the same book. For almost 20 years the American Library Association has developed resources for librarians to build community–wide reading programs. People who share a common reading experience come together to discuss the book. “The idea is that the city that opens the same book closes it in greater harmony,”… [Read More]

Filed Under: American Library Association, Black Lives Matter, Fox Cities Reads, Jim Crow, Marian Anderson, Sharon Draper, Stella by Starlight, Sundown Town
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