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The Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library received for the second year a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to host The Big Read with financial support from the Friends of the Stockton Public Library and Library and Literacy Foundation for San Joaquin. The Big Read provides the opportunity for communities to come together to read, discuss, and celebrate one of 23 selections from American and world literature. The Big Read 2009 in San Joaquin County will focus on "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. The Library kicks-off The Big Read April 24th.

Reserve your library copy

Book Clubs sign up today to reserve your book club kit for "Fahrenheit 451," which includes copies of the book, reader guides with discussion questions, and audio CDs.

Teacher Resource Guides with lesson plans are available for teachers.

To reserve your book club kit, Teacher Resource Guide, and for general questions contact the Library's Programming Division at (209) 937-7539

The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest.

For Plainsong by Kent Haruf, see One Book, One San Joaquin 2007.