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Peoria Reads! One of 269 Organizations Nationwide
to Receive Big Read Grant from National Endowment for the Arts

Peoria area to read and celebrate The Great Gatsby

during Big Read Peoria Reads project in 2010.

 

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Goals of Peoria Reads!

  • Bring our diverse community together in ways to promote better understanding.

  • Broaden and deepen readers' appreciation for books dealing with significant issues.

  • Bring more people into libraries, bookstores, and literacy institutions

  • Increase opportunities for discussion between youth and adults

  • Achieve a better understanding of ourselves and of our own humanity.