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The BIG READ
Creating a Mid-Ohio Valley of Readers
The BIG READ ... inspiring people across the country to pick up a
good book.
Listen to radio programs, watch video profiles, and read brief
essays
about classic authors.
 The
BIG READ is an
initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts
designed to restore reading to the center of American
culture. The program brings communities together to read,
discuss, and celebrate one of 30 selections from U.S. and
world literature.
The Mid-Ohio Valley's BIG READ is sponsored by West
Virginia University at Parkersburg which is joined by MOV
partners the Parkersburg/Wood County, Vienna, Jackson County
and Wirt County public libraries.
 The
Mid-Ohio Valley's "BIG READ" selection is Harper Lee's
American classic "To Kill a Mockingbird."
The Mid-Ohio Valley's BIG READ will
feature events and activities, including dramatic readings,
during the month of October to engage readers in the
classic. WVU Parkersburg will extend the project into
surrounding counties through collaborations with the public
libraries which will engage their local high schools and
businesses with events involving the reading and discussion
of the American classic. The film version of the book will
also be screened.
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