✨ Cue the excitement because the Town of Kittery’s Books & Big Ideas Community Read Program is featured in the April Issue of Maine Municipal Association’s Maine Town & City Magazine! ✨ In every community, there will be topics and situations that arise that are both challenging to understand and to discuss. In #Kittery, we decided to explore how learning about these topics from a variety of literary perspectives, voices and stories might broaden our shared understanding of how they affect us and those around us. And that is exactly how our Books & Big Ideas Community Read Program was born! 💡 Since the program began, the Rice Public Library and Town Hall Staff have featured selected titles and hosted interactive events that tackle the topics of “Housing and the Importance of Home”, “Indigenous Peoples of Maine” and “Climate Action & Sustainability”, and we’re not slowing down! Stay tuned for a new edition of Books & Big Ideas that we will be kicking off this summer. 📖 Think that’s exciting? We're even seeing this awesome program grow outside of Kittery. The Town of Brewster, MA is taking a page out of Kittery’s book (see what we did there 😉 ) by debuting their own version of the Books & Big Ideas program, encouraging their residents to come together to read, learn and participate in the conversations that affect their community. If you haven’t had an opportunity to read along with us, or join us at one of our author events and activities, we’d love for you to join in this summer. Until then, you can read the Maine Town & City article here ➡ https://bit.ly/3wH2xbN Or visit the Town of Kittery website to learn more about the program at ➡ www.kitteryme.gov/reads.
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