COMING
AUGUST 30 FOR EVERYONE!
SR's
Fall 2010 Community and MSU Read
Begins Aug. 30 with Shaz Akram!
THREE
CUPS OF TEA
#1 New York Times Bestseller
Three
Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace
. . . One School at a Time by
Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin is SR's Fall 2010
community read.
Shaz
Akram talks about the culture, history, and geography
of Pakistan and Afghanistan at
Starkville Public Library
August 30
7:00 pm.
Dr.Michael Kardos discusses Three
Cups of Tea on
September 14 at 7:00 
p.m.
at the Starkville Public Library
AND
Thursday, September 23, 2010, the author Greg
Mortenson
of Three Cups of Tea will speak
in Starkville at Humphrey Coliseum on the MSU campus!
More information about Starkville Reads programs on this
book coming soon! The book is also Mississippi State's
Maroon Edition choice for Fall 2010.
For
more information, go to MSU's web site http://guides.library.msstate.edu/maroonedition2010
Web site for Greg Mortenson and Three Cups of Tea here.
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READING TO HONOR OUR WORLD WAR II VETERANS
Starkville
Reads suggests these three books to honor our
World War II veterans:
The
Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw
The
Pacific--Flags of Our Fathers
by James Bradley (Young Adult Version)
Europe-------Steel Wave: A Novel of World
War II by Jeff Shaara
Discussion by Kathy Barbier
Nov. 16 at 7:00 p.m.
Starkville Public Library
Dates
for other programs will follow. Some will coordinate
with the programs planned by the
Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum to commemorate
Starkville's and the county’s World War II history
and veterans.
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Starkville
Reads partnered with the 2010 Starkville School District
Summer Enrichment Program.
Starkville
Reads delivered 100 copies of Three Cups
of Tea by Greg Mortenson to be read during
the Starkville School District's Summer Enrichment Program.
Emily Roberts (left) and Corre Looney (right) received
the books funded by the Bebe Freeman Fund and Starkville
Reads. Students from grades five, six, and seven participated
in reading and discussing the book during the summer
program.
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Starkville
Reads programs are free to the public, but
tax deductible contributions are very much appreciated
and may be mailed to
Starkville Reads
P. O. Box 80100
Starkville, MS 39759
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