A community-wide reading experience.

Book Donation
From March 25-April 5, Greenwich Alliance
for Education will collect new or gently
used children’s books in donation boxes at
Greenwich Library and its Byram Shubert
and Cos Cob branches, as well as at BNY
Mellon Wealth Management, located at
10 Mason Street, Greenwich. On April 10,
donated books will be distributed to
children at the Boys and Girls Club of
Greenwich. Please no reference or text
books, magazines or anything dusty
or musty. For more information,
please contact the Greenwich Alliance
for Education at (203) 340-2323 or
visit www.greenwichalliance.org.
Student Essay Contest
The Rotary Club of Greenwich will sponsor
an essay contest for students attending
Greenwich public and independent
schools in grades 6-12. Two prizes of $250
will be awarded at a Greenwich Reads
Together event in two categories (6-8th
grades and 9-12th grades).
THE 2013 GRT ESSAY QUESTION IS:
How does your reading of When the
Emperor Was Divine (or The Eyes of
the Emperor) affect your thinking
about prejudice toward immigrants
and other minorities in the United
States today? In your response, you
may want to consider other historical
moments of scapegoating.
Essays will be evaluated for clarity of expression,
persuasiveness, and originality.
For full details, please visit
www.greenwichreadstogether.org.
Children and Teens
Junior Book Club
THURSDAY, MAY 2, 4:30 PM
Students in grades 4-6
will discuss the Greenwich
Reads Together companion
book, Best Friends
Forever: a World War II
Scrapbook by Beverly
Patt. When Dottie and
her Japanese-American
family are relocated to
an internment camp, Louise begins a scrapbook
which documents the experience.
Pre-registration required, limit 20 participants.
Register and pick up a book at the
Children’s Room Desk or call (203) 622-7940
for information.
Middle School
Book Club
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 4:30 PM
Students in grades 6-8
will discuss the Greenwich
Reads Together companion
book, The Eyes of
the Emperor by Graham
Salisbury. Eddy Okubo
lies about his age and
joins the army only weeks
before the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.
Suddenly Americans see him as the enemy—
even the U.S. Army doubts his loyalty. So Eddy
and a small band of Japanese American soldiers
are sent on a secret mission to a small island
off the coast of Mississippi. Eddy’s going to help
train attack dogs. He’s going to be the bait.
Pre-registration required, limit 20 participants.
Register and pick up a book at the
Second Floor Reference Desk or
call (203) 622-7915 for information.