[SEO-Members] Choose to Read Ohio - for fall/winter programs, book clubs, etc.

[jdwyer at library.ohio.gov]

Cross-posted. Please excuse duplication.

As you're transitioning to fall programming, keep in mind that Choose to Read Ohio<https://library.ohio.gov/ctro/> (CTRO) offers free readers' toolkits with activities and discussion questions for every book on the CTRO booklists (155 books so far!). They are fantastic for book-based programming and book discussion groups. The toolkits can also be printed and inserted into library copies of CTRO books: when your patrons check out a CTRO book, they will also get an author bio, discussion questions and extension projects, and links for exploring themes and topics of the book.

The 2023 & 2024 CTRO booklist

Books for Young Children
Jashar Awan, Only Ants for Andy
Elizabeth Rusch, Zee Grows a Tree, illustrated by Will Hillenbrand*
Amanda Gorman, Change Sings, illustrated by Loren Long*
Tracy Subisak, Jenny Mei Is Sad
Andrea Wang*, Watercress, illustrated by Jason Chin

Books for Tweens / Middle Grades
Jenn Bishop, Where We Used to Roam
Marcy Campbell, Rule of Threes
Ellen Klages, Out of Left Field
Shelley Pearsall, Things Seen from Above
Andrea Wang, The Many Meanings of Meilan

Books for Teens
Harmony Becker, Himawari House
Mindy McGinnis, Heroine
Debbie Rigaud, Simone Breaks All the Rules
Phil Stamper, The Gravity of Us
Mildred D. Taylor, All the Days Past, All the Days to Come

Books for Adults
John "Derf" Backderf, Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio
Eliese Colette Goldbach, Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit
Kristen Lepionka, The Last Place You Look
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
Susan Orlean, The Library Book

*Asterisk denotes Ohio creator of co-created book.


CTRO spotlights Ohio authors and illustrators and promotes reading across Ohio. CTRO is a collaboration among the State Library of Ohio, the Ohioana Library, and the Ohio Center for the Book, and is guided by an Advisory Council<https://library.ohio.gov/services-for-libraries/library-programs-development/ctro/choose-to-read-ohio-credits/>  of librarians, educators, and other advocates for reading and readers. From 2009 through 2023, a booklist of 20 representative titles for all ages has been selected every 2 years, with the input of dozens of Ohio librarians, educators, and others invested in readers and reading. The CTRO Advisory Council is pleased to share that beginning in 2025, CTRO will shift from a biennial to an annual booklist. We are excited for the opportunity to spotlight twice as many Ohio authors and books in the future!

Learn more about CTRO and download toolkits here: library.ohio.gov/ctro<https://library.ohio.gov/ctro>

Sincerely,
Janet

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Janet Ingraham Dwyer
Library Consultant
274 E. 1st Avenue
Columbus, OH 43201
Tel: 614-644-6910
jdwyer at library.ohio.gov<mailto:jdwyer at library.ohio.gov>
library.ohio.gov<http://library.ohio.gov/>
library.ohio.gov/youth-services<http://library.ohio.gov/youth-services>

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