DIXIE READS 2009 What is DIXIE READS? DIXIE READS is a community-wide project highlighting the importance and enjoyment of reading. Each year’s reading selections are thematically connected. DIXIE READS selections for 2009 describe life in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The following are the many ways DIXIE READS is reaching out to all age groups within the community. Summer Take Home Library open weekly at elementary schools RoadRunner baseball players reading to children at each participating school DIXIE READS Night at the Ball Field – August 22, 2009 Spotlight on DIXIE READS at Sunset on the Square movie night – August 28, 2009 Principal Book of the Month, The Wheat Doll by Utah author Alison Randall, shared with all students and parents in participating schools Read aloud selections for 4th & 5th grade teachers – Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan and Worth by A. LaFaye Intermediate and middle school selections – Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse and Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson High school selections – Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson and The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig Adult community selections – The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig and Mormon Country by Wallace Stegner Adult community discussion sessions – The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig and Mormon Country by Wallace Stegner at The St. George Book Festival

DIXIE READS 2009

What is DIXIE READS?

DIXIE READS is a community-wide project highlighting the importance and enjoyment of reading. Each year’s reading selections are thematically connected. DIXIE READS selections for 2009 describe life in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

The following are the many ways DIXIE READS is reaching out to all age groups within the community.

Summer Take Home Library open weekly at elementary schools

RoadRunner baseball players reading to children at each participating school

DIXIE READS Night at the Ball Field – August 22, 2009

Spotlight on DIXIE READS at Sunset on the Square movie night – August 28, 2009

Principal Book of the Month, The Wheat Doll by Utah author Alison Randall, shared with all students and parents in participating schools

Read aloud selections for 4th & 5th grade teachers – Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan and Worth by A. LaFaye

Intermediate and middle school selections – Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse and Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson

High school selections – Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson and The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig

Adult community selections – The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig and Mormon Country by Wallace Stegner

Adult community discussion sessions – The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig and Mormon Country by Wallace Stegner at The St. George Book Festival