Ray Bradbury was born in 1920 in Michigan. Upon graduating high school, Ray sold newspapers in Los Angeles while spending his nights in the public library and his days at the typewriter. He became a full-time writer in 1943. Ray Bradbury has been awarded the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, the PEN Center USA West Lifetime Achievement Award, and the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
This year, the library is participating in the Big Read. The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. UW-Whitewater received and coordinated the grant. All participating libraries will read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. For more information on the Big Read, go to http://als.lib.wi.us/13BigRead.htm
This year, the library is participating in the Big Read. The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. UW-Whitewater received and coordinated the grant. All participating libraries will read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. For more information on the Big Read, go to http://als.lib.wi.us/13BigRead.htm
We will be hosting a book discussion on Saturday, October 12th at 10:00 a.m. At the same time, we will have a Fire Truck Storytime for kids. Then, on Friday, October 25th Sam Weller, author of The Bradbury Chronicles, will be at the library at 5:00 p.m.
Want more Bradbury? Here are some of his other works:
Want more Bradbury? Here are some of his other works:
Looking for something similar to Fahrenheit 451? Try one of these titles.
1984 by George Orwell
Matter by Iain Banks
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
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