ONE BOOK, ONE COMMUNITY 2011 WILL BE REDISCOVERING KINDNESS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Allegheny County Library Association is asking readers across the region for book title suggestions related to kindness for One Book, One Community 2011.  Emerging from suggestions ACLA received from book clubs, community partners and library staff, the overarching theme for One Book, One Community 2011 will be rediscovering kindness and civility in an era when they frequently appear to be forgotten. 

Local Secret Agent L (Laura Miller) who lives in and loves Pittsburgh is excited to be the One Book, One Community honorary kindness ambassador in the coming year.  The Secret Agent L Project began with a single hydrangea flower on the windshield of a car here in Pittsburgh.  Her project has blossomed into an international phenomenon of anonymous acts of kindness.  

Through Friday, October 15 share your book title suggestions in keeping with the theme of kindness and civility.  Post your thoughts as a comment on the One Book, One Community blog: http://onebookallegheny.blogspot.com or email acla@einetwork.net with ‘One Book’ in the subject line.  Register your book club for One Book news at http://bit.ly/onebookclubs.  Each spring beginning in April events and programs are held in local public libraries and throughout the community.

Begun in 1996 in Seattle, Washington, the One Book concept was developed to create a community of readers with a shared love of reading, writing and expressing ideas. In 2003, Allegheny County chose To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, as its first One Book.  Since then various titles and themes have been discussed.

The Allegheny County Library Association, a federated library system comprised of 45 libraries, pursues, provides and promotes the highest quality public library service possible for all residents of Allegheny County through collaboration, cooperation and coordination.

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