Join Thomas Ford's Winter Reading Challenge or Village Read...or Both.

Thomas Ford created two special opportunities for our winter schedule; choose either or both.

Winter Reading Challenge: Sign up online or in person for our third annual Winter Reading Challenge and get a cocoa holiday gift. Everyone who reads three or more books this winter will also receive a cozy blanket.

Village Read: Twice a year, Thomas Ford selects a book for the whole community to share. We offer free copies and will host a book discussion on Wednesday, February 26 at 7:30 p.m.

For this year’s Winter Village Read, we’re proud to share American Indian Stories by Zitkála-Šá. Bright and carefree, Zitkála-Šá grew up on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota with her mother until Quaker missionaries arrived, offering the reservation’s children a free education. The catch: They must leave their parents and their culture behind and travel to Indiana. Combining Zitkála-Šá’s childhood memories, her short stories, and her poetry, American Indian Stories is the origin story of an activist and a remarkable woman whose extraordinary career deserves wider recognition.

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