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The Big Read: September 2009-June 2010
Grantee |
City, State |
Book Name |
Grant |
Public Library of Anniston and Calhoun County | Anniston, AL | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Jefferson County Library Cooperative | Birmingham, AL | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Harrison Regional Library System | Columbiana, AL | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Princess Theatre Center for the Performing Arts | Decatur, AL | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Guntersville Public Library | Guntersville, AL | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Luverne Public Library | Luverne, AL | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Huntsville-Madison County Public Library | Madison, AL | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Marion-Perry County Library | Marion, AL | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Montgomery City-County Public Library | Montgomery, AL | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Baldwin County Library Cooperative | Robertsdale, AL | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Sheldon Museum & Cultural Center, Inc. | Haines, AK | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
West Valley Arts Council | Avondale, AZ | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Safford City-Graham County Library | Safford, AZ | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas | Helena, AR | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | $ |
Alhambra Civic Center Library | Alhambra, CA | The Joy Luck Club | $ |
Placer County Library | Auburn, CA | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Boys & Girls Club of Burbank and Greater East Valley | Burbank, CA | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Shakespeare At Play | Burbank, CA | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
Black Storytellers of San Diego, Inc. | Chula Vista, CA | A Lesson Before Dying | $ |
Fresno County Library | Fresno, CA | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Hayward Public Library | Hayward, CA | Bless Me, Ultima | $ |
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs | Los Angeles, CA | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
Occidental College | Los Angeles, CA | Robinson Jeffers | $ |
Will & Company | Los Angeles, CA | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Mono County Libraries | Mammoth Lakes, CA | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
Yuba Sutter Regional Arts Council | Marysville, CA | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Oceanside Public Library | Oceanside, CA | The Things They Carried | $ |
Palo Alto Children's Theatre | Palo Alto, CA | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
El Dorado Arts Council | Placerville, CA | The Call of the Wild | $ |
Pomona Public Library | Pomona, CA | The Call of the Wild | $ |
Archibald Library: Rancho Cucamonga Library Services | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Paul A. Biane Library: Rancho Cucamonga Library Services | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | Bless Me, Ultima | $ |
Redondo Beach Public Library | Redondo Beach, CA | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Rural California Broadcasting Corporation / KRCB | Rohnert Park, CA | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
San Diego County Library | San Diego, CA | The Grapes of Wrath | $ |
Santa Barbara Public Library System | Santa Barbara, CA | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library | Stockton, CA | The Call of the Wild | $ |
City of Ventura Cultural Affairs Division | Ventura, CA | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
County of Los Angeles Public Library | West Hollywood, CA | The Great Gatsby | $ |
Aspen Writers' Foundation | Aspen, CO | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Denver Office of Cultural Affairs | Denver, CO | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
El Centro Su Teatro | Denver, CO | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
Delta County Public Library District | Hotchkiss, CO | The Call of the Wild | $ |
Pueblo City-County Library District | Pueblo, CO | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
Garfield County Public Library District | Rifle, CO | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
The Barnum Museum | Bridgeport, CT | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts | Hartford, CT | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Hartford Public Library | Hartford, CT | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Southington Library and Museum | Southington, CT | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Mattatuck Historical Society | Waterbury, CT | A Lesson Before Dying | $ |
District of Columbia Public Library | Washington, DC | A Lesson Before Dying | $ |
Humanities Council of Washington DC | Washington, DC | A Lesson Before Dying | $ |
Hendry County Library Cooperative | Clewiston, FL | The Joy Luck Club | $ |
Communities In Schools of Putnam County, Inc. | East Palatka, FL | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Nassau County Public Library System | Fernandina Beach, FL | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Florida Center for the Book / Broward Public Library Foundation | Fort Lauderdale, FL | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Suwannee River Regional Library | Live Oak, FL | The Call of the Wild | $ |
Florida Center for the Literary Arts at Miami Dade College | Miami, FL | Love Medicine | $ |
Charlotte County Library System | Port Charlotte, FL | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Martin County Board of County Commissioners | Stuart, FL | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Hillsborough County Public Library | Tampa, FL | The Joy Luck Club | $ |
Albany State University | Albany, GA | A Lesson Before Dying | $ |
Atlanta History Center's Literary Center | Atlanta, GA | Their Eyes Were Watching God | $ |
Golden Isles Arts and Humanities Association | Brunswick, GA | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Friends of Neva Lomason Memorial Library | Carrollton, GA | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Muscogee County Friends of Libraries | Columbus, GA | Their Eyes Were Watching God | $ |
Kennesaw State University | Kennesaw, GA | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | $ |
Georgia College & State University | Milledgeville, GA | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Towne Lake Arts Center | Woodstock, GA | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Ada Community Library | Boise, ID | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Madison Library District | Rexburg, ID | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Spoon River College Foundation | Canton, IL | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Kaskaskia College Learning Resource Center Library | Centralia, IL | The Things They Carried | $ |
University of Ilinois Library | Champaign, IL | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
Beverly Arts Center | Chicago, IL | A Wizard of Earthsea | $ |
Boundless Readers | Chicago, IL | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
Poetry Center of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Robinson Jeffers | $ |
DeKalb Public Library | Dekalb, IL | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Galesburg Public Library | Galesburg, IL | My Ãntonia | $ |
Rend Lake College | Ina, IL | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Niles Public Library District | Niles, IL | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Oak Park Public Library | Oak Park, IL | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Park Forest Public Library | Park Forest, IL | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Peoria Public Library | Peoria, IL | The Great Gatsby | $ |
Quincy Public Library | Quincy, IL | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Sterling Public Library | Sterling, IL | The Call of the Wild | $ |
Culver-Union Township Public Library | Culver, IN | The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town | $ |
University of Southern Indiana | Evansville, IN | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
New Castle-Henry County Public Library | New Castle, IN | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Jennings County Public Library | North Vernon, IN | The Grapes of Wrath | $ |
Jackson County Public Library | Seymour, IN | The Call of the Wild | $ |
Vigo County Public Library | Terre Haute, IN | My Ãntonia | $ |
Knox County Public Library | Vincennes, IN | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Kosciusko Literacy Services Inc. | Warsaw, IN | The Call of the Wild | $ |
Summer of the Arts | Iowa City, IA | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Waukee Public Library Foundation | Waukee, IA | Old School | $ |
Friends of the Dorothy Bramlage Public Library | Junction City, KS | The Things They Carried | $ |
Wichita Public Library | Wichita, KS | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Paramount Arts Center | Ashland, KY | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Western Kentucky University Foundation | Bowling Green, KY | The Great Gatsby | $ |
Kentucky State University | Frankfort, KY | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Kentucky Gateway Museum Center | Maysville, KY | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Olive Hill Adult Learning Center, Inc. | Olive Hill, KY | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Performing Arts Center | Paducah, KY | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
St. Catharine College | St. Catharine, KY | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Rapides Parish Library | Alexandria, LA | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
East Baton Rouge Parish Library | Baton Rouge, LA | The Great Gatsby | $ |
LSUE Foundation (Friends of the LeDoux Library) | Eunice, LA | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Houma Regional Arts Council | Houma, LA | The Great Gatsby | $ |
Performing Arts Society of Acadiana | Lafayette, LA | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Southern Food and Beverage Museum Foundation | New Orleans, LA | Their Eyes Were Watching God | $ |
The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society, Inc. | New Orleans, LA | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Shreveport Regional Arts Council | Shreveport, LA | The Grapes of Wrath | $ |
Northeast Louisiana Arts Council, Inc. | West Monroe, LA | The Grapes of Wrath | $ |
Island Readers and Writers | Bernard, ME | The Call of the Wild | $ |
Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance | Portland, ME | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Community Foundation of Washington County MD, Inc. | Hagerstown, MD | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Maryland Correctional Education Libraries | Hagerstown, MD | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
College of Southern Maryland | La Plata, MD | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Maryland Public Television | Owings Mills, MD | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Worcester County Library | Snow Hill, MD | The Shawl | $ |
Attleboro Public Library | Attleboro, MA | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
University of Massachusetts Boston | Boston, MA | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association | Deerfield, MA | Old School | $ |
Holyoke Community College Foundation, Inc. | Holyoke, MA | A Lesson Before Dying | $ |
Office of Cultural Development | Pittsfield, MA | The Things They Carried | $ |
Shrewsbury Public Library | Shrewsbury, MA | The Things They Carried | $ |
Longfellow's Wayside Inn | Sudbury, MA | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | $ |
UMass Memorial Medical Center, Inc. | Worcester, MA | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Ferndale Public Library | Ferndale, MI | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Genesee District Library | Flint, MI | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Crawford County Library System-Devereaux Memorial Library | Grayling, MI | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Cromaine District Library | Hartland, MI | The Things They Carried | $ |
Howell Carnegie Library District | Howell, MI | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Ironwood Carnegie Library | Ironwood, MI | The Call of the Wild | $ |
Jackson District Library | Jackson, MI | A Wizard of Earthsea | $ |
Monroe County Community College | Monroe, MI | The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town | $ |
White Lake Township Library | White Lake, MI | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency | Wyandotte, MI | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Fergus Falls, A Center for the Arts | Fergus Falls, MN | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
University of Southern Mississippi | Hattiesburg, MS | A Wizard of Earthsea | $ |
Truman State University | Kirksville, MO | The Things They Carried | $ |
Park University | Parkville, MO | Housekeeping | $ |
Foundry Art Centre | St. Charles, MO | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Cultural Festivals, Inc. | St. Louis, MO | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
West Plains Council on the Arts | West Plains, MO | The Things They Carried | $ |
Young Mens Christian Association of Billings | Billings, MT | Love Medicine | $ |
Lewis & Clark Library | Helena, MT | The Things They Carried | $ |
Montana Historical Society | Helena, MT | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Flathead County Library System | Kalispell, MT | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Lincoln County Public Libraries | Libby, MT | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo | Omaha, NE | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | $ |
Plattsmouth Public Library | Plattsmouth, NE | The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town | $ |
Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library | Concord, NH | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Lebanon Opera House Improvement Corporation | Lebanon, NH | Emily Dickinson | $ |
Camden County College | Blackwood, NJ | The Grapes of Wrath | $ |
Caldwell Public Library | Caldwell, NJ | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | $ |
State University of NJ, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts | Camden, NJ | The Call of the Wild | $ |
Parsippany Troy Hills Library System | Parsippany, NJ | The Age of Innocence | $ |
Passaic County Community College | Paterson, NJ | The Things They Carried | $ |
Rockaway Township Public Library | Rockaway, NJ | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
United Way of Salem County | Salem, NJ | My Ãntonia | $ |
Kean University | Union, NJ | The Things They Carried | $ |
Wayne Public Library | Wayne, NJ | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Santa Fe Opera | Santa Fe, NM | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Miller Library, Western New Mexico University | Silver City, NM | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
Society of the Muse of the Southwest | Taos, NM | Bless Me, Ultima | $ |
Goodwill Industries | Astoria, NY | The Great Gatsby | $ |
Queensborough Community College | Bayside, NY | The Things They Carried | $ |
Drake Memorial Library | Brockport, NY | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
Bronx Council on the Arts | Bronx, NY | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
New York Botanical Garden | Bronx, NY | Emily Dickinson | $ |
THE POINT Community Development Corporation | Bronx, NY | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford Stuyvesant | Brooklyn, NY | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library | Buffalo, NY | The Great Gatsby | $ |
Wood Library Association | Canandaigua, NY | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Southeast Steuben County Library | Corning, NY | Love Medicine | $ |
Research Foundation on behalf of SUNY Fredonia Reed Library | Fredonia, NY | My Ãntonia | $ |
Family Enrichment Network, Inc. | Johnson City, NY | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Massena Public Library | Massena, NY | The Great Gatsby | $ |
Parker Institute for Health Care & Rehabilitation | New Hyde Park, NY | The Shawl | $ |
New Rochelle Public Library | New Rochelle, NY | The Shawl | $ |
Lower Eastside Girls Club of New York | New York, NY | Emily Dickinson | $ |
Oneida Community Mansion House | Oneida, NY | The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town | $ |
Foothills Performing Arts Center | Oneonta, NY | The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town | $ |
Poughkeepsie Public Library District | Poughkeepsie, NY | Their Eyes Were Watching God | $ |
Friends of the Red Hook Public Library | Red Hook, NY | The Great Gatsby | $ |
Monroe County Library System | Rochester, NY | The Call of the Wild | $ |
Writers & Books, Inc. | Rochester, NY | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
ArtsWestchester | White Plains, NY | The Things They Carried | $ |
Friends of the Cumberland County Public Library & Info Center | Fayetteville, NC | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | $ |
Kinston-Lenoir County Friends of the Library, Inc. | Kinston, NC | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Forsyth County Public Library | Winston Salem, NC | Their Eyes Were Watching God | $ |
North Dakota Humanities Council | Bismarck, ND | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | $ |
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County | Cincinnati, OH | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
The Kenyon Review | Gambier, OH | Love Medicine | $ |
Miami University Hamilton | Hamilton, OH | The Grapes of Wrath | $ |
Renaissance Performing Arts Association | Mansfield, OH | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Massillon Museum | Massillon, OH | The Shawl | $ |
Urbana University | Urbana, OH | A Lesson Before Dying | $ |
Wayne Center for the Arts | Wooster, OH | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Lawton Public Library | Lawton, OK | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Rose State College | Midwest City, OK | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Pioneer Library System | Norman, OK | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Northeastern State University | Tahlequah, OK | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Fishtrap, Inc. | Enterprise, OR | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Bloomsburg Public Library | Bloomsburg, PA | The Age of Innocence | $ |
Ephrata Public Library | Ephrata, PA | Old School | $ |
ArtsErie | Erie, PA | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Jump Street | Harrisburg, PA | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Pike County Public Library | Milford, PA | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Sayre Public Library | Sayre, PA | The Grapes of Wrath | $ |
Scranton Public Library | Scranton, PA | The Things They Carried | $ |
Prayer Chapel Community Outreach Services | Upper Darby, PA | Their Eyes Were Watching God | $ |
West Chester University of Pennsylvania | West Chester, PA | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
Preservation Society of Newport County | Newport, RI | The Great Gatsby | $ |
Rhode Island College - James P. Adams Library | Providence, RI | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
University of South Carolina Arts Institute | Columbia, SC | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Greenwood County Library | Greenwood, SC | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Claflin University | Orangeburg, SC | A Lesson Before Dying | $ |
Spartanburg County Public Libraries | Spartanburg, SC | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
South Central Tennessee Workforce Alliance | Columbia, TN | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
VSA arts Tennessee | Gallatin, TN | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | $ |
Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center | Huntingdon, TN | The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town | $ |
Jackson/Madison County Library Foundation | Jackson, TN | The Call of the Wild | $ |
Cultural Arts Division - City of Kingsport | Kingsport, TN | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
YWCA Knoxville | Knoxville, TN | Bless Me, Ultima | $ |
Fisk University | Nashville, TN | Their Eyes Were Watching God | $ |
Austin Community College District | Austin, TX | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
Harry Ransom Center | Austin, TX | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
University of Texas at Brownsville & Texas Southmost College | Brownsville, TX | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Friends of Corpus Christi Public Libraries | Corpus Christi, TX | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
University of Texas-Pan American | Edinburg, TX | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
El Paso Public Library | El Paso, TX | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
Texas Southern University RJT Library | Houston, TX | A Lesson Before Dying | $ |
Irving Public Library | Irving, TX | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Wiley College | Marshall, TX | Their Eyes Were Watching God | $ |
Tom Green County Library | San Angelo, TX | Bless Me, Ultima | $ |
San Antonio Public Library Foundation | San Antonio, TX | Bless Me, Ultima | $ |
St. Philip's College | San Antonio, TX | The Things They Carried | $ |
Tyler Public Library | Tyler, TX | The Grapes of Wrath | $ |
Orem Public Library | Orem, UT | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Virgin Islands Council on the Arts | St. Thomas, VI | A Lesson Before Dying | $ |
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities | Charlottesville, VA | A Lesson Before Dying | $ |
Massanutten Regional Library | Harrisonburg, VA | Edgar Allan Poe | $ |
Amazement Square | Lynchburg, VA | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Old Dominion University Research Foundation | Norfolk, VA | The Joy Luck Club | $ |
Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge | Staunton, VA | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
Lonesome Pine Regional Library | Wise, VA | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | $ |
Bellingham Public Library | Bellingham, WA | Old School | $ |
Orcas Island Public Library | Eastsound, WA | Their Eyes Were Watching God | $ |
Mid-Columbia Libraries | Kennewick, WA | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Sno-Isle Libraries | Marysville, WA | The Things They Carried | $ |
Spokane County Library District | Spokane, WA | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Yakima Valley Libraries | Yakima, WA | The Maltese Falcon | $ |
Upshur County Commission | Buckhannon, WV | The Call of the Wild | $ |
Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Libraries | Martinsburg, WV | The Call of the Wild | $ |
West Virginia University at Parkersburg | Parkersburg, WV | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Beloit College | Beloit, WI | To Kill a Mockingbird | $ |
Peninsula Players Theatre Foundation, Inc. | Fish Creek, WI | My Ãntonia | $ |
Kenosha Public Library | Kenosha, WI | The Grapes of Wrath | $ |
College of Menominee Nation | Keshena, WI | Bless Me, Ultima | $ |
Milwaukee Public Museum | Milwaukee, WI | The Call of the Wild | $ |
New Glarus Public Library | New Glarus, WI | Fahrenheit 451 | $ |
St. Croix Falls Public Library/Festival Theatre | St. Croix Falls, WI | The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town | $ |
Waukesha Public Library | Waukesha, WI | A Farewell to Arms | $ |
Irvin L. Young Auditorium | Whitewater, WI | Sun, Stone, and Shadows | $ |
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