2025 Read On Book and Events
2025 Book | The Rose Arbor by Rhys Bowen
Books available for pickup end of September. Date TBA.
Who doesn’t love a mystery! KYGMC’s literacy campaign is designed for High School, Post- Secondary and adult readers to enhance adult literacy. “The Rose Arbor”, by Rhys Bowen is based in the 60s covering a cold case and murder that happened in England during WWII. Readers learn about the evacuation of children prior to the blitz where 3 girls go missing and a murder may lead to more information about the requisition of towns by the military to prepare for the D-Day invasion. The book and activities planned will help one use the fascination of crime-scene investigation to tap into and develop higher-level thinking skills through discovery, investigation and the asking of questions while learning about historical events.
16 million Americans fought in WWII, but today their ranks are rapidly dwindling. U.S Men and women who served in the conflict are now in their 90s or older. The fewer witnesses of those events among us, the more fragile our memory about wartime, and the greater responsibility we have to care about the truth. Americans have celebrated the courage of the Allied soldiers, sailors, and aircrews who liberated Europe from tyranny and are understandably proud of the role the United States played in defeating Hitler’s regime. While we appropriately recognize the heroic feats of the “greatest generation,” we often ignore the wartime experiences of the very people for whom the war was fought.
Forty-four percent of area high school students score below average in reading skills. An estimate of adults lacking basic Prose literacy skills is 14% in this community. For a multitude of reasons, adults are navigating the world without vital literacy skills. It is important that educational standards continue to be upheld for adults. As a non-profit, KYGMC must continue to receive grants to make sure education for our community and our state is first and foremost.
We give 9 high schools, 1 community college, 2 libraries, adult book clubs and adult community members at our events, books. events that enhance the themes in the books are provided to the public for free.
The community literacy campaign allows people of diverse groups and ages to read a book at the same time everyone else in the community is reading it, discussing it, and draw on the history and memories of family members- it is a great source of communication between humans! It takes into consideration the ability to communicate properly with other people and understand the context behind the words they read. This book will challenge adults to make inferences and use deductive thinking, experiencing history and the stories behind it- a powerful learning tool.
