Plant the Seed, Read!
Question: "What if everyone in Kosciusko County read the same book at the same time?"
Answer: Members of the community would find new friends and neighbors with whom to share a good book and stimulating discussion.
To cultivate a love of reading and to promote a sense of community, Kosciusko Literacy Services is organizing the Annual Community Book Read, "Plant the Seed, Read!" Everyone in Kosciusko County is invited to read the same book at the same time. Many communities all over the country sponsor similar programs. Those communities find these programs to be a different way for individuals of all ages to come together to share thoughts and friendship and to make new acquaintances.
The familiar, yellow bins are in communities throughout the county and contain this year's book selection, The Call of the Wild by Jack London.
The Big Read is a new national program by the NEA, in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and Arts Midwest, that encourages literary reading by asking communities to come together to read and discuss one book.
Everyone is invited to participate in Plant the Seed, Read! If you have not read this book, please pick up a copy, read and enjoy it, and then return it to the bin so someone else may read the book. The Yellow Bins will be in the community through February.