While working in the state capitol in Topeka, Kansas I stopped by the State Library of Kansas which had a display table promoting the "Kansas Center for the Book", www.kcfb.info, (KCFB) which is affiliated with the Library of Congress' National Center for the Book program.
The KCFB's purpose is stated below:
"The goal of the Kansas Center for the Book is to foster more literary activity throughout the state and to increase the awareness of books and reading with a Kansas flare. Projects of the Center are planned and implemented to promote Kansas authors, Kansas books, Kansas publishers, publishing and booksellers, and reading throughout the state."
The current book being promoted by the KCFB's "Kansas Reads" program is, "The Learning Tree" by Gordon Parks, http://skyways.lib.ks.us/orgs/kcfb/learningtree.htm, which is focused on "How it feels to be black in the white man's world".
Overall the KCFB looks to be a very worthwhile project although I would prefer to have a private sector entity such as a foundation assume management of this program so it is no longer a government project. Finally, I would like to see the KCFB add one more category to their list of people who can become "Fellows" to include "bloggers" like myself but perhaps that is too self-serving.
Read to a child, Todd
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