Vol. 39, No. 4
Spring 2010
ONEBOOKAZ 2010
Read your way to
AZ Centennial 2012
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Arizonans have voted
and chosen the one book
they want to read in 2010!
The Trunk Murderess:
Winnie Ruth Judd
by Jana Bommersbach
and
The Three Little Javelinas /
Los Tres Pequeños Jabalíes
written by Susan Lowell
and illustrated
by Jim Harris |
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If history is right, a 26 year-old beauty named Winnie Ruth Judd murdered her two best girlfriends one hot Phoenix night in 1931. Then she hacked up their bodies, stuffed the pieces into a trunk, and took them by train to Los Angeles as her baggage.
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For young readers, everyone knows the story of the three little pigs, but now you are going to meet the three little javelinas - wild, southwestern cousins of pigs. Living in homes built of tumbleweeds and cacti, the first two javelinas are soon running from the hungry coyote, who had hoped to eat them with red chili sauce. And where do they go for shelter? Why, to their wise sister, who made her house with strong adobe bricks.
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Brought to Arizona in 2002, and coordinated by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records (ASLAPR), a division of the Secretary of State, ONEBOOKAZ is an exciting program that brings
communities together through literature. Beginning in April every year, this program encourages communities across the State of Arizona to read the same book at the same time and participate in discussions and programs centered around that book. One title is chosen for adults to read, and one title is chosen for kids.
An exciting new goal has been added to help Arizonans read their way to the upcoming State Centennial. Beginning in 2007 and continuing through 2012, all the ONEBOOKS for adults and kids will center on Arizona topics and themes.