Warning: Adventure ahead!

Calling all climbers (and non-climbers) alike for 2008’s “Three Books, Two Towns, One Community…Read”! The 3-2-1 Committee is ready to announce their theme for this year’s community read initiative: mountain climbing! Get out your ropes and harnesses as the selected books transport you from Haddam and Killingworth to the tops of the tallest mountains. Two of the three books this year will take place on top of Mount Everest and one will take a young boy to the tallest mountain in his neighborhood as he goes on a quest to become an adventurer.

This year the three book selections are:

The kick-off event will be held on Saturday, May 31 and will feature a climbing wall for climbers of all ages!! Other events include: movie night (“Touching the Void”) at H-K Middle School, book talks at Killingworth and Brainerd libraries, letterboxing, a possible author visit (!), and a grand finale on June 21st at Chatfield Hollow where participants will try their hand at some local “mountain” climbing! The events were selected to enhance the exciting pace that the books will set.

The Committee is in the process of working with local groups and businesses to make this year’s 3-2-1 Read a huge success and are looking for volunteers to help with planned activities and events. If you have any mountain climbing experience and are willing to share, we want you as part of one of our events!! Please contact Tammy Eustis, at teustis@killingworthlibary.com or Amy Mueller, at amelia@hkyfs.org.

WATCH OUR COMMUNITIES COME TOGETHER!

Three Books, Two Towns, One Community…READ! is a community-wide reading program that will strengthen the sense of community between the young and the old, parents and children, neighbors and businesss owners, teachers and students, by encouraging all residents to read one, if not all, of the same three books at the same time, and then participate in related cultural, community building, and recreational activities. It is based on the One Book One Community Project by the Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/one-book.html.

GOALS FOR THE THREE BOOKS, TWO TOWNS, ONE COMMUNITY...READ!:

WHY WE CHOSE THREE BOOKS INSTEAD OF ONE:

In order to best accomplish all of the above goals for the largest number of community members, we chose three books, each geared toward different ages and reading levels. This year, all titles are related to the same theme… To be announced soon!

Whether you share your thoughts with friends and family, take part in a formal discussion group, socialize at upcoming events, or just spend a few minutes in personal reflection, the experiences created from participating in this program will be rewarding and worthwhile. Which book will you choose?