One Town~      ~One Book

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

        
 

The Canton Public Library
together with the
Friends of  the Library,
Hearts & Stars Bookstore,
Canton Schools
and supported by a committee of
enthusiastic readers is proud to present this exciting program
designed to involve the entire
Canton community.

 Canton Reads Together
Canton, Massachusetts

Events March 2006

Thursday 2nd: "Friends With Books" Open Book Discussion
Canton Library Community Room 7:30p

Tuesday 7th: Richard Fulton, Dean of Students, Boston Latin School. Discussion and role play  of the 1849 Sarah Edwards desegregation case which formed the basis of Brown v the Board  of Education.  Canton Library Community Room 7:00p * (SEE SLIDE SHOW)

Saturday 11th:  Miss Maudie Hats: crafts and stories. Ages 5 to 11. Space is limited. Sign-up in the Children’s Library. 3:00p  PHOTO

Sunday 12th: Open book discussion
Hearts & Stars Bookstore, 3:00p

Saturday 18th: Field Trip: The Museum of African American History, Boston. Reservations must be made by Friday March 10th.   A minimum of 20 reservations is necessary to hold the program.

Wednesday 22nd: Film presentation and discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird, led by Peter Kussell 7:00p   In the Canton Library Community Room.  

Friday 24th: Field Trip: Facing History and Ourselves, Speaker Terence Roberts, of the original Little Rock Nine. Nominal Bus Fee.  Leaving from Library at 6:00p  Reservation must be made by Friday March 17th.  A minimum of 20 reservations is necessary to hold the program. *

 Wednesday 29th: THE Grand Book Discussion led by Sam Coale, Professor of English Literature, Wheaton College.  In the Canton Library Community Room 7:30p    Come all!

Friday 31st: Open book discussion
Hearts & Stars Bookstore, 7:00p                    

  
                        WBZ's Matt Segal is reading ...

fGalvin Middle Schoolers are reading ...

            the Canton School Committee and
        Superintendant of Schools are all reading it...
  Events April 2006
Tuesday 4th: Southern Cooking Demonstration with Chef Hanrahan, at Chateau Bleu,
Blue Hills Community College. 4:00p  $5.00 charge.  Limit 20.   Call Nancy Mark 828-5939 to register. 

Monday 10th: Intergenerational book discussion   MIddle school students meet after school with residents of Orchard Cove.  Discussion moderated by Canton teachers.  For  reservation call Diane Bellissimo  821-3215

Friday 7th: Field Trip:  Norfolk Superior Court, Dedham.   Tour and evocation of the Sacco Vanzetti Trial.  10:00a*

Tuesday, 11th: "Killing  Mocking Birds With Sledgehammers: What Scout would see in today's justice system"     Lisa Thurau-Gray, Suffolk Law, Prof.    Presentation & discussion. Canton Library Community Room  7:00p.

 Canton's
Veteran's Agent
Tony Andreotti
is reading it again...
           Snoopy says: Events with a *  have limited registration and require an RSVP.  Wednesday 19th: Quilt Making for Kids, ages 5 to 11, Hearts & Stars Bookstore 11:00a *

Saturday 22nd: Southern Dinner Wrap-Up Celebration with dramatic readings by Canton Community Theater, and music by "Rough Around the Edges". Canton High School Cafeteria   Sorry, all reservations MUST be received by April 15th.


...it's firing everyone's imagination!!

What page are  you  on??
 

Copies of To Kill a Mockingbird
are available for loan from the
Canton Public Library
or for discount purchase from

Hearts & Stars Bookshop

   

One Town/One Book in Canton was covered by the Boston Globe on page 1 of the March 16 Globe   South Section.

 

The One Town/One Book Committee is...

Joan Schottenfeld, Chair  
Betty Chelmow, Co-Chair Nancy Mark
Carolyn Elkort Linda Murphy
Lisa Fabiano Lorraine Nelson
Roxy Gray Deb Sundin
Mark Lague Ann Woodman

 

             Mockingbird Logo by Elaine Lowry 

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