Great Stories Club

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5 Creative Ways to Build a Great Stories Club

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

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

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

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 announces 240 recipients of library accessibility funding for small and rural libraries 1 week ago

Three public libraries awarded ALA’s 2023 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant 1 month ago

Carlsbad (N.M.) Public Library and Lexington (Neb.) Public Library Awarded ALA’s Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant 1 month ago

‘Americans and the Holocaust’ traveling exhibition tour from ALA and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum extended to 50 additional communities 2 months ago

ALA, Capital One invite rural libraries to apply for Community Connect: Fostering Digital Access grants 3 months ago

ALA invites libraries to apply for Great Stories Club Grants for teens 4 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 4 years ago

ALA joins W.K. Kellogg Foundation in observance of 2019 National Day of Racial Healing 4 years ago

70 libraries named for ALA’s Great Stories Club series on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation 4 years ago

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