Tag: The Big Read
By MILFORD LIBRARY STAFF Adult Craft Night Join us at 6 p.m. Monday, April 13, for adult craft night. We will be making a garden wreath made from a watering hose, flowers, gardening gloves and seed packets. Total cost of materials is $10. Sign up by 6 p.m. Friday, April 10, to reserve a spot. …read more.
By CYNTHIA L. CATES Executive Director, Kosciusko Literacy Services As a part of The Big Read, Ray Bradbury biographer Sam Weller will be lecturing at the Warsaw Public Library at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, and at the North Webster Public Library at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16. Weller will explore the life and literary …read more.
By CYNTHIA L. CATES Executive Director, Kosciusko Literacy Services Did you know that Warsaw has had two book burnings? Kosciusko Literacy Services will launch The Big Read featuring Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” on Monday, March 16, with “Censorship On Trial,” a panel that will explore the role of censorship and will tackle the topic “Should …read more.
By CYNTHIA L. CATES Executive Director, Kosciusko Literacy Services 37 years have passed since the book burning in Warsaw and 41 years since John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” was banned in Syracuse. Focusing on government ordered book burnings, Ray Bradbury’s novel “Fahrenheit 451”, this year’s book selection for the community book read, was published …read more.
Looking toward the future and achievements of the past year were addressed Thursday evening at the annual Author Dinner hosted by the Kosciusko Literacy Services. Cindy Cates, executive director, stated with a national grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, KLS will host The Big Read next spring. “Fahrenheit 451” will be the book …read more.



