Imagine a world without books. A world where firemen instead of putting out fires, use fire to destroy the ideas and knowledge we hold most dear. That is the basis for Ray Bradbury’s futuristic book Fahrenheit 451, and is the book the Monroe County Library System has chosen as part of The Big Read.
The Big Read is a grants program begun by the National Endowment for the Arts in response to their 2004 study, Reading at Risk. The study uncovered a significant decline in literary reading among Americans. The Big Read attempts to reverse this trend by supporting the concept of one community reading one book over a scheduled period of time.
The Monroe County Library System will be offering programs based on the novel between April 13 and May 31. The Chili Public Library is offering a Book Discussion led by library staff on Fahrenheit 451 on Tuesday, May 6 at 7pm. The library will also be showing the movie Fahrenheit 451 on Tuesday, May 13 at 6:30pm. No registration is required for either program.
For a list of the other Big Read programs in the Monroe County Library System
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