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 invites applications for $3.5 million in grants as part of Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities 3 weeks ago

ALA and Knology explore disability and accessibility in “Accessibility in Libraries: A Landscape Report” 1 month ago

ALA/American Anthropological Association invite public libraries to host traveling exhibition “World on the Move: 250,000 Years of Human Migration” 1 month ago

ALA releases free programming guide for libraries, “Programming with Primary Sources: Women’s Suffrage” 2 months ago

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