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Join Butte County Library in reading the 2008-09 Book In Common: Three Cups of Tea
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The Butte County Library is excited to partner with
California State University - Chico, Butte College, Chico Unified School District, Enloe Hospital, Lyon's Books, the Chico Enterprise-Record, and local citizens in book clubs around our County
in adopting Greg Mortenson's Three Cups of Tea as the 2008-09 community-wide book-in-common.
Book in Common programs across the country have been shown to enhance community and foster dialogue on important social, political and personal questions. The Library sees the Book in Common as an opportunity to promote the values of reading, reflection and action in support of building a sense of community, strengthening literacy and advancing the common good.
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The website for the book Three Cups of Tea summarizes the story as follows:
"In THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace. . . One School at a Time Greg Mortenson, and acclaimed journalist David Oliver Relin, recount the unlikely journey that led Mortenson from a failed attempt to climb Pakistan’s K2, the world’s second highest mountain, to successfully building schools in some of the most remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan. By replacing guns with pencils, rhetoric with reading, Mortenson combines his unique background with his intimate knowledge of the third-world to fight terrorism with books, not bombs, and successfully bring education and hope to remote villages in central Asia. THREE CUPS OF TEA is at once an unforgettable adventure and the inspiring true story of how one man really is changing the world—one school at a time."
How can you participate? Lots of ways!
1. Read the book. Numerous copies are available in book, CD, and large print formats at the Butte County Library. Visit our catalog to place a hold.
2. Participate in events being held at Butte County Library branches, CSU-Chico, Butte College, and other locations throughout the community.
3. Discover other books you might enjoy if you liked Three Cups of Tea.
4. Enjoy our interactive exhibit about the historical and cultural background of Three Cups of Tea.
5. Participate in the Chico ER's Three Cups of Tea blog
6. Visit the following websites to learn more about the people and organizations related to Three Cups of Tea:
7. Join an existing Library book group or start a new group with people you know to discuss Three Cups of Tea. Need some questions to get the discussion started? Look no further:
8. Read the Butte County Board of Supervisors resolution proclaiming Three Cups of Tea as the County's Book in Common for 2008-09.
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