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Big Read: January - June 2008

Marion-Perry County Public Library/
Auburn University
Marion, AL
To Kill a Mockingbird

Jefferson County Library Cooperative
Birmingham, AL
To Kill a Mockingbird

Gadsden Cultural Arts Foundation
Gadsden, AL
To Kill a Mockingbird

Huntsville-Madison County Public Library
Huntsville, AL
The Maltese Falcon

Anchorage Public Library
Anchorage, AK
To Kill a Mockingbird

Sheldon Museum & Cultural Center, Inc.
Haines, AK
My Ántonia

Black Storytellers of San Diego, Inc.
Chula Vista, CA
Their Eyes Were Watching God

County of Los Angeles Public Library
Downey, CA
Bless Me, Ultima

Friends of the Encinitas Library
Encinitas, CA
To Kill a Mockingbird

Mono County Libraries
Mammoth Lakes, CA
Fahrenheit 451

National Steinbeck Center
Salinas, CA
Fahrenheit 451

Orange County Public Library
Santa Ana, CA
To Kill a Mockingbird

Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
Stockton, CA
The Maltese Falcon

Aspen Writers’ Foundation
Aspen, CO
Bless Me, Ultima

Delta County Public Library District
Paonia, CO
To Kill a Mockingbird

City of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT
The Joy Luck Club

Hartford Public Library
Hartford, CT
The Maltese Falcon

New Haven International Festival of Arts & Ideas
New Haven, CT
Fahrenheit 451

City of Norwalk
Norwalk, CT
Fahrenheit 451

Humanities Council of Washington, DC
Washington, DC
The Great Gatsby

Hendry County Library Cooperative
Clewiston, FL
Their Eyes Were Watching God

Daytona Beach Community College
Daytona Beach, FL
Fahrenheit 451

Florida Center for the Book/Broward Public Library Foundation
Fort Lauderdale, FL
The Maltese Falcon

Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College
Miami, FL
Their Eyes Were Watching God

Orange County Library System
Orlando, FL
To Kill a Mockingbird

Communities in Schools of Putnam County, Inc.
Palatka, FL
The Call of the Wild

Young Performing Artists (YPAs), Inc.
Wildwood, FL
Their Eyes Were Watching God

National Black Arts Festival
Atlanta, GA
Their Eyes Were Watching God

Cherokee Regional Library System
LaFayette, GA
To Kill a Mockingbird

Live Oak Public Libraries Foundation
Savannah, GA
Fahrenheit 451

The Cabin
Boise, ID
My Ántonia

University of Illinois, Board of Trustees
Champaign, IL
The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Beverly Arts Center
Chicago, IL
Bless Me, Ultima

Danville Area Community College
Danville, IL
To Kill a Mockingbird

Galesburg Public Library
Galesburg, IL
A Farewell to Arms

Fremont Public Library
Mundelein, IL
My Ántonia

Peoria Public Library
Peoria, IL
Fahrenheit 451

TerraFirma, a program of DeKalb County Community Foundation, Inc.
Auburn, IN
The Call of the Wild

Community Foundation of Morgan County, Inc.
Mooresville, IN
The Great Gatsby

Muncie Public Library
Muncie, IN
The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Jackson County Public Library
Seymour, IN
The Joy Luck Club

Vigo County Public Library
Terre Haute, IN
The Maltese Falcon

Kosciusko Literacy Services, Inc.
Warsaw, IN
The Great Gatsby

State Historical Library, Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
Des Moines, IA
The Call of the Wild

Carnegie-Stout Public Library
Dubuque, IA
The Maltese Falcon

Waukee Public Library
Waukee, IA
The Shawl

Johnson County Library
Shawnee Mission, KS
The Maltese Falcon

Gateway Community & Technical College for Kenton County Adult Education
Covington, KY
Fahrenheit 451

Owensboro Community and Technical College
Owensboro, KY
The Joy Luck Club

East Baton Rouge Parish Library
Baton Rouge, LA
Fahrenheit 451

Houma Regional Arts Council
Houma, LA
A Lesson Before Dying

The Performing Arts Society of Acadiana
Lafayette, LA
Their Eyes Were Watching God

Auburn Public Library
Auburn, ME
Fahrenheit 451

Annapolis Charter 300 Committee of the Annapolis Community Foundation
Annapolis, MD
The Great Gatsby

College of Southern Maryland
La Plata, MD
A Lesson Before Dying

MPT Foundation, Inc.
Owings Mills, MD
Bless Me, Ultima

University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, MA
To Kill a Mockingbird

Shrewsbury Public Library
Shrewsbury, MA
My Ántonia

UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc.
Worcester, MA
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Genesee District Library
Flint, MI
Their Eyes Were Watching God

Jackson District Library
Jackson, MI
Bless Me, Ultima

Foundation at Monroe County Community College
Monroe, MI
To Kill a Mockingbird

Fergus Falls, A Center for the Arts
Fergus Falls, MN
The Joy Luck Club

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Grand Rapids Area Library
Grand Rapids, MN
The Maltese Falcon

Marshall-Lyon County Library
Marshall, MN
My Ántonia

St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud, MN
Bless Me, Ultima

Jefferson Davis Campus-Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Gulfport, MS
To Kill a Mockingbird

Mississippi Valley State University
Itta Bena, MS
A Lesson Before Dying

Omaha Reads
Omaha, NE
The Call of the Wild

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District
Las Vegas, NV
The Great Gatsby

Parsippany Troy Hills Library System
Parsippany, NJ
The Joy Luck Club

Boy Scouts of America, Burlington County Council
Westhampton, NJ
The Call of the Wild

Upper Hudson Library System
Albany, NY
The Age of Innocence

Research Foundation of SUNY on behalf of SUNY Cortland
Albany, NY
Fahrenheit 451

Just Buffalo Literary Center, Inc.
Buffalo, NY
To Kill a Mockingbird

Wood Library Association
Canandaigua, NY
The Great Gatsby

Southeast Steuben County Library
Corning, NY
To Kill a Mockingbird

African Voices Communications, Inc.
New York, NY
Their Eyes Were Watching God

Mercantile Library Center for Fiction
New York, NY
The Maltese Falcon

Foothills Performing Arts Center
Oneonta, NY
To Kill a Mockingbird

Long Island Traditions
Port Washington, NY
To Kill a Mockingbird

Monroe County Library System
Rochester, NY
Fahrenheit 451

Together We Read
Asheville, NC
My Ántonia

The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Their Eyes Were Watching God

Friends of the Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
Fahrenheit 451

Bennett College for Women
Greensboro, NC
Their Eyes Were Watching God

Lenoir Community College
Kinston, NC
Their Eyes Were Watching God

Livingstone College
Salisbury, NC
A Lesson Before Dying

Jamestown Fine Arts Association
Jamestown, ND
A Farewell to Arms

Northwest State Community College
Archbold, OH
The Grapes of Wrath

Delaware County District Library
Delaware, OH
The Great Gatsby

Massillon Museum
Massillon, OH
The Call of the Wild

Southern State Community College
Sardinia, OH
My Ántonia

Pioneer Library System
Norman, OK
Bless Me, Ultima

Libraries of Eastern Oregon
Fossil, OR
The Joy Luck Club

Oregon Alliance for Arts Education
Salem, OR
Fahrenheit 451

Friends of St. Helens Public Library
St. Helens, OR
The Maltese Falcon

Altoona Area Public Library
Altoona, PA
Fahrenheit 451

Ephrata Public Library
Ephrata, PA
The Death of Ivan Ilyich

August Wilson Center for African American Culture
Pittsburgh, PA
Their Eyes Were Watching God

American Reader’s Theatre
Shohola, PA
The Grapes of Wrath

West Bay Collaborative
Warwick, RI
To Kill a Mockingbird

Benedict College
Columbia, SC
A Lesson Before Dying

South Dakota Humanities Council
Brookings, SD
Fahrenheit 451

South Central Tennessee Workforce Alliance
Columbia, TN
The Great Gatsby

City of Franklin
Franklin, TN
The Maltese Falcon

Adventure Science Center
Nashville, TN
Fahrenheit 451

Communities in Schools Southeast Texas, Inc.
Beaumont, TX
The Maltese Falcon

University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
Brownsville, TX
To Kill a Mockingbird

Latina Cultural Center, a division of the OCA City of Dallas
Dallas, TX
Bless Me, Ultima

El Paso Public Library
El Paso, TX
Fahrenheit 451

Northeast Lakeview College
Live Oak, TX
To Kill a Mockingbird

Friends of the Marfa Public Library
Marfa, TX
Bless Me, Ultima

San Antonio Public Library Foundation
San Antonio, TX
To Kill a Mockingbird

Weatherford College
Weatherford, TX
My Ántonia

Virgin Islands Council on the Arts
St. Thomas, VI
Fahrenheit 451

Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Charlottesville, VA
To Kill a Mockingbird

Hampton University
Hampton, VA
A Lesson Before Dying

Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge
Staunton, VA
To Kill a Mockingbird

Lonesome Pine Regional Library
Wise, VA
The Maltese Falcon

Bainbridge Public Library
Bainbridge Island, WA
Fahrenheit 451

Spokane Public Library
Spokane, WA
The Maltese Falcon

North Central Regional Library
Wenatchee, WA
The Call of the Wild

UW-Eau Claire Center for Service-Learning
Eau Claire, WI
The Maltese Falcon

Peninsula Players Theatre Foundation, Inc.
Fish Creek, WI
The Grapes of Wrath

Milwaukee Public Library
Milwaukee, WI
Their Eyes Were Watching God