Great Stories Club

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Learn more about ALA's reading and discussion program for underserved youth.

All libraries are invited to access free Great Stories Club materials, including book lists, discussion questions and more.

Learn how your library can be part of an upcoming round of the Great Stories Club.

Thanks to these librarians, humanities scholars, authors and other advisors to the Great Stories Club.

ALA has worked with external evaluators to assess the Great Stories Club's impact.

Learn about the Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Great Stories Club.

ALA, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Invite Public Libraries to Host Traveling Exhibition on Human Evolution 2 weeks ago

Saint Marys (Penn.) Area Middle School Wins ALA’s 2022 Jaffarian Award for Empathizing with Teens in Trauma: Terezín/Theresienstadt Museum Project 3 months ago

Melanie Welch named director of ALA’s Public Programs Office 4 months ago

Metropolitan College of New York (N.Y.) and Sara Hightower Regional Library System (Ga.) Awarded ALA’s Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant 5 months ago

Three libraries awarded ALA’s 2022 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant 5 months ago

35 libraries selected for ALA's Great Stories Club series on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation 3 years ago

ALA announces participants in Racial Healing Circle workshop with AAC&U 3 years ago

ALA joins W.K. Kellogg Foundation in observance of 2019 National Day of Racial Healing 3 years ago

70 libraries named for ALA’s Great Stories Club series on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation 3 years ago

Libraries invited to apply for Great Stories Club grants on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation 4 years ago

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Members of our first #GreatStoriesClub read Congressman John Lewis’ award-winning book “March” — and were honored t… https://t.co/2z1xDNLctC 2 years ago
RT @ALALibrary: Join us to learn about free ALA book club resources that can help you navigate difficult conversations and critically exami… 2 years ago
RT @ALALibrary: Join us to learn about free ALA book club resources that can help you navigate difficult conversations and critically exami… 2 years ago
RT @ALALibrary: Join us to learn about free ALA book club resources that can help you navigate difficult conversations and critically exami… 2 years ago

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