Community-Wide Read
Pick The Good Good Pig as your One Book, One Community read and let a loveable 750-pound swine unite your community.
Tips for planning a One Book, One Community Program with The Good Good Pig by Sy Montgomery.
- Decide on a weekend, a week, or even a month to designate as your town's One Community, One Read Days.
- Work with bookstores, local newspapers, radio and television stations, schools, places of worship, local businesses, restaurants, and other community centers to publicize the program well in advance.
- Order additional copies of The Good Good Pig to put into circulation at your town's local library branches upon the announcement of the program. Alert local high schools and bookstores about the program as well.
- Order additional copies of The Good Good Pig to put into circulation at your town's local library branches upon the announcement of the program. Alert local high schools and bookstores about the program as well.
- Plan discussions of the book at several different locations throughout the town, including each of your local library branches. For a list of discussion questions, visit http://www.goodgoodpig.com/kit_discussion.html.
- Invite local celebrities to participate in a round-table discussion on The Good Good Pig.
- Plan related events for the duration of the reading program. These events will build up interest in your program and bring your community together. Here are some ideas:
- Hold an event at a local petting zoo or animal charity operation.
- Arrange for a representative of an animal-care facility, environmental charity, or park service to be a guest speaker at your library.
- Organize a group fund-raising activity such as a bake sale, car wash, garage sale, or marathon to raise money for a local animal shelter.
- In The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery describes "Pig Spa," the hours of love and attention that she and her neighbors gave to Christopher Hogwood that were as soothing and therapeutic to them as they were to the pig. Hold your own version of Pig Spa in a public park and invite your community to bring their pets.
- Create a program guide to hand out to the people in your community. The guide could include a calendar of events, discussion questions, and a note from a community leader about the reading program.