January 22, 2012 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Announcing the 2012 Centre County Reads selection: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. This award-winning book has captured the hearts and imaginations of people around the world. We hope you'll read it and discuss it with your Centre County neighbors. Centre County Reads has many exciting events planned for this year including an Indoor Sports Day at the YMCA, a Grim Reaper Writing Contest, and a Skype appearance by author Markus Zusak! Copies of the book are available for checkout at Schlow Library. For more information please visit the Centre County Reads website.

Are you wondering what the 2012 Centre County Reads book is all about? Check out this book trailer created by Dotty Delafield, Mt. Nittany Middle School's Librarian.

The new Breakfast Serial, sponsored by Centre County Reads, starts today in the Centre Daily Times. The story will be published in the weekend editions on Saturday and Sunday. Orphan Journey Home by Liza Ketchum is a story of four pioneer children who, against all odds, make their way alone back to their home in Kentucky. These are great stories for reading aloud and discussing.

Congratulations to the winners of the Center for American Literary Studies' (CALS) Family Writing Contest! As part of the 2011 Centre County Reads program, featuring Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls, Centre County residents and Penn State students were invited to submit work on a family related theme. 

February 26, 2011 - 1:00pm

January 29, 2011 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm

January 23, 2011 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm

February 22, 2011 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Announcing the 2011 Centre County Reads Book! Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle, wrote this "true-life" novel based on the life of her spunky and resourceful grandmother, Lily Casey Smith.