Announcing All CT Reads 2022!

[Primary Books]

Children

• Snapdragon by Kat Leyh

Teen

• One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite

Adult

• Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

[Shortlists]

Children

• Starfish by Lisa Fipps
• Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros 
• The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy

Teen

• Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
• Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Adult

• The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
• Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
• This Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples

About All CT Reads

Launching in January 2022, All CT Reads is a year-long initiative to promote lifelong reading, learning, and connection that uses a rotating community committee structure to select three main book titles and 3 shortlist book titles, each calendar year for three age groups: children (ages 8-12), teens (ages 13-18), and adults. In addition to the books, All CT Reads provides a supported programmatic structure built around the titles with room for individuality and creativity.

Learn more about the All CT Reads 2022 books.

More coming for January 2022!

Resources

While the website may look a bit barebones for now, there will be more – stay tuned! There will be rich book and author wraparound resources including discussion questions, program ideas, flyer templates, author videos, book reviews, and more!

Books for Borrowing

We will have book discussion sets of all 12 titles available for borrowing from the Middletown Library Service Center.

Books for Purchase

We partnered with the CT Library Consortium to make sure you have access to the best pricing on these titles when you purchase off their book contracts. Learn more.

With gratitude and thanks to…

Our Committees

All CT Reads has three selection committees, one for each age group with 1-2 non-voting chair/co-chairs from the CT State Library and partner organizations, and rotating members from the greater CT library and reading community.

Children

• Jennifer Billingsley, Russell Library
• Carrie Bryant, West Haven Public Library
• Christina Carpino, Essex Public Library
• Jenny Lussier, Brewster Elementary School

Teen

• Eli Kelly, Southington Public Library
• Jen Larkin, E. O. Smith High School
• Alessandra Petrino, Weston Public Library
• Melissa Thom, West Hartford Middle School

Adult

• Jennifer Chretien, Booth & Dimock Memorial Library
• Travis Feder, Naugatuck Community College
• Marian Huggins, New Haven Free Public Library
• Amara Johnson, Trumbull Library
• Marguerite Rauch, Submarine Base New London Library

Our Partners

All CT Reads is an initiative of the Connecticut State Library Division of Library Development and partners with the Connecticut Center for the Book at Connecticut Humanities, the Connecticut Association for School Librarians (CASL), and the Connecticut Library Consortium (CLC).

Our Sponsors

All CT Reads is supported by a generous grant from EBSCO Information Services to the Connecticut Heritage Foundation.

CT State Library is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

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