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The Big Read Brochure Generates Interest
at the Indian Prairie Public Library

People have been snapping up The Big Read brochures at the Indian Prairie Public Library. These brochures list all the events and book discussions from all ten of The Big Read libraries. They also include a message from author Kathryn Stockett, lists of recommended books, music, and movies, and questions for groups conducting their own [...]

The Big Read Begins Monday, February 1

Kathryn Stockett’s The Help is the featured book for The Big Read, an annual community reading event sponsored by ten local libraries. First-time novelist Stockett captures life in the South in 1962, from country clubs and servants to cruelty and segregation. The story brings three women together as each of them battles [...]

Announcing the Big Read 2010

The bestselling novel The Help by Kathryn Stockett is the 2010 choice for The Big Read. Some libraries in the western Cook and eastern DuPage counties of Illinois will conduct book discussions and present programs around The Help during March and April 2010. Detailed listings are forthcoming.
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