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"There is divine beauty in learning, just as there is human beauty in tolerance. To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps. The books I have read were composed by generations of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, teachers and disciples. I am the sum total of their experiences, their quests. And so are you."

—Elie(zer) Wiesel (b. 1928) Romanian-born writer, lecturer, survivor Nazi camps, Nobel

 

Oregon Reads 2009

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Oregon Reads 2009 was a community reading program that took place in libraries across Oregon during the state's sesquicentennial, January through April of 2009.

OREGON READS project celebrates Oregon’s 150th year of statehood

What if 50,000 Oregonians read the same book in our sesquicentennial year? That is exactly what we wanted to find out!

Selected Books

new2Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family, by Lauren Kessler, an Oregon author from Eugene. The book relates the true story of three generations of a Japanese-American family, spanning across the 20th century in Hood River, Portland, and Eugene.
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For younger readers, Bat 6, by Virginia Euwer Wolff, and Apples to Oregon, by Deborah Hopkinson, have also been selected.
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All three titles are books with a uniquely Oregon focus; stories that convey an Oregon experience written by Oregon authors.

All Washington County libraries have multiple copies of the selected titles available for check-out in a variety of formats. In addition, Stubborn Twig is featured in two new Book Club Kits, assembled by Cedar Mill Community Library staff. The kits are available for checkout.

Countywide Events

Starting in January, 2009 and running through April, Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS) libraries held a series of events and programming centering on the selected books. For events at all WCCLS libraries, visit www.wccls.org.

Oral History Project

The Cedar Mill Community Library partnered with the Sunset High School history department for an Oral History Project.

Events at Cedar Mill Community Library

After reading the book, patrons joined us for a program featuring: Oregon Poet Laureate Lawson Inada

Reading & Writing Workshop by Oregon Poet Laureate Lawson Inada was at CMCL on Wednesday, February 18, 3:30 pm. Mr. Inada read from his own poetry about his family’s time in the internment camps. The WWII internment experiences depicted in Stubborn Twig will also be recognized. Mr. Inada will also discussed the writing process and how to be an effective writer. Ages 14 and up.

In addition, the Owl Book Group discussed Stubborn Twig at their February 27 meeting starting at 10:30 am.

Oregon Reads programs were held in the upstairs meeting room at the Cedar Mill Community Library.

Questions?

For more information - ask a librarian, call the library at 503-644-0043 ext 114, or email AskUsCML@wccls.org.
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