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Participate in one of the library reading programs: 
 
   Read for a Lifetime: Read four of the 25 books on the list and
   receive a Waldenbooks discount coupon and a certificate from
   the Illinois Secretary of State.
 
   Abraham Lincoln High School Book Award:  Read four of the
   twenty books that have been nominated by Illinois high school
   students and then vote on this year's award.
 
The St. Louis Rams also have a reading program called the Rams Reader Team.
 
 

Click this link to see the Read for a Lifetime list:  http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/whats_new/rfl.html
 
Click this link to see the Abraham Lincoln High School Book Award:
 

Click this link to see the Rams Reader Team list.
 

Books

What's New?
 
Recently added titles:
 
Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima, Volumes One and Two, by Keiji Nakazawa
 
These are new translations with introductions by Art Spiegelman, author of Maus and In the Shadow of No Towers.
 
The Cartoon History of the Universe I, II, and III, by Larry Gonick
These begin with the Big Bang and end at the Renaissance.
 

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