"One book" programs encourage reading by inviting communities to come together to discuss one book - or, in this case, one of four different books!  Kids Read the Same Book is coordinated by local public libraries and educators.

2009 Titles

2009 Kids Read the Same Book Brochure

	The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett. The Big Read Boise (and beyond) was presented in partnership with Ada Community Library, Boise Public Library, The Cabin, and the Idaho Statesman under a grant for The Big Read, a national initiative from the National Endowment of the Arts.  (adults)		The Great Fuzz Frenzy, by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel  (picture books)
	Airborn,  by Kenneth Oppel (senior high)		Sleeping Freshman Never Lie, by David Lubar (junior high)
	Peter and the Starcatchers, by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson  (older elementary)		Abracadabra! Magic with Mouse and Mole, by Wong Herbert Yee  (early elementary)

2008 Titles

2008 Kids Read the Same Book Brochure

	The Log Cabin Literary Center partnered with Boise Public Library and Ada Community Library to present The Big Read, a national initiative from the National Endowment of the Arts. The 2008 title was My Ántonia, by Willa Cather. (adults)		Martha Speaks, by Susan Meddaugh (young readers)
	No More Dead Dogs, by Gordon Korman (young adult readers)		View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg (middle readers)

2007 Titles

2007 Kids Read the Same Book Brochure

	The Log Cabin Literary Center presented A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway, under a grant for The Big Read, a national initiative from the National Endowment of the Arts.  (adults & older teens)		How I Became a Pirate, by Melinda Long; illustrated by David Shannon (young readers)
	Heir Apparent, by Vivian Vande Velde (young adult readers)		Thief Lord, by Cornelia Funke (middle readers)

2006 Titles

	For the first time, the Log Cabin Literary Center presented The Big Read, a new national initiative from the National Endowment of the Arts. The 2006 title was Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury.		Enemy Pie, by Derek Munson, illustrated by Tara Calahan King (young readers)
	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C. S. Lewis (middle readers)		The Ear, the Eye and the Arm, by Nancy Farmer (young adult)

2005 Read the Same Book titles

	Caramelo, by Sandra Cisneros (adults)		My Name is Yoon, by Helen Recorvits; illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska (young readers)
	Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O’Brien (middle readers)		Zach's Lie, by Roland Smith (young adults)

2004 Read the Same Book titles

	Angle of Repose, by Wallace Stegner (adults)		The Three Questions, adapted by Jon Muth. Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy (young readers)
	Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo (middle readers)		How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found, by Sara Nickerson  (young adults)

2003 Read the Same Book titles

Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett (adults)

Among the Hidden, by Margaret Peterson Haddix (children)

2002 Read the Same Book titles

The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck (adult)

Holes, by Louis Sachar (children)

2001 Read the Same Book titles

Housekeeping, by Marilynne Robinson (adults)   Note: there were no children's titles in 2001, the first year of Boise's "one-book" project.

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Last Updated: 12/28/2009 JMH