Fairfax County Public Library is partnering with the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and many communities throughout Virginia on our latest community-wide reading program. Join your friends and neighbors and read A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines until November 15 and become a part of one of the largest reading programs in the country!
Readers’ guides will be available in library branches and other sites beginning September 1. If you are a high school teacher and would like a teacher’s guide, please e-mail to request one.
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and bring the transformative power of literature into the lives of its citizens. The Big Read brings together partners across the country to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment.
Cosponsors include:
Fairfax Library Foundation
George Mason University
Fall for the Book
NOVEC
Green Spring Village
Fairfax County Senior Centers
Borders
Friends of the Reston Regional Library
Friends of the City of Fairfax Regional Library
Find out more about The Big Read.
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