2013 Fox Cities Reads

Read the books that our entire community is reading, then meet the author here on Wednesday, April 24, at 6:30pm.

The 2013 Fox Cities Reads picks are Last Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle by Richard Louv.  Pick up a copy at the library or place one on hold.  Call 967-3690 for availability.  Read and discuss it with your friends, family, and neighbors.

Then meet the author when he's here in April.  Richard Louv will appear at the library on Wednesday, April 24, at 6:30pm.  He will also be at the other Fox Cities public libraries.  Click here for a preview!

Funding and support for the 2013 Fox Cities Reads is provided by:

    Community Foundation: Environmental Sustainability - Discretionary Grant
   
    Elisha D. Smith Public Library Endowment (Menasha)
   
    Friends of the Appleton Public Library
   
    Friends of the Kimberly-Little Chute Public Library
   
    Friends of the Neenah Public Library
   
    Kaukauna Public Library Fund
   
    Kimberly-Little Chute Public Library
   
    Neenah Public Library Trust Fund
   
    UW-Fox Valley
   
    Winnebago Audubon Society

    1,000 Islands Environmental Center
   
    Heckrodt Wetland Reserve
   
    High Cliff State Park
 

What is a community-wide read?
“The idea is that the city that opens the same book closes it in greater harmony.”
— Mary McGrory, The Washington Post, March 17, 2002

All library events are free and open to everyone.  Those with special needs are encouraged to call the library office at 967-3662, within 24 hours of the event, to assure that specific needs with regards to parking, building and meeting room accessibility are met.