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	<title>The Big Read 2010</title>
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	<description>The Help by Kathryn Stockett</description>
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		<title>A Visit with the First Lady</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Big Read followers at the Indian Prairie Public Library on March 23 were taken back to 1964. Leslie Goddard posed as Jacqueline Kennedy recounting the events her highly public life as wife and widow of a president. She describes her short years in the White House, directing restoration of the historic rooms and furniture, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebigread.org/?p=101</link>
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		<title>Instant Karma at the Indian Prairie Library</title>
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		<link>http://thebigread.org/?p=90</link>
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		<title>The Big Read Brochure Generates Interest at the Indian Prairie Public Library</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebigread.org/?p=54</link>
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		<title>Songs of the Civil Rights Movement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WEDNESDAY,  March 17th at 7 p.m. at the Lisle Library District

Music is often a unifying element in a political movement, succinctly and emphatically reminding people of what they are fighting for, while providing inspiration and hope.  The Civil Rights Movement was no exception. Drawing on traditional folk songs and incorporating the music from the American [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebigread.org/?p=34</link>
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		<title>The Big Read Begins Monday, February 1</title>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the Big Read 2010</title>
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        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.
	The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thebigread.org/?p=30</link>
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