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Pikes Peak Library District
All Pikes Peak Reads (APPR)
Pikes Peak Community College
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Every year the Pikes Peak Library District selects several titles for a community reads project. In addition to the adult selection of Jeanne Marie Laskas's Hidden America, other APPR picks for the 2016 theme of Stories include teen-book The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks by E. Lockhart and children's book Waiting for Augusta by Colorado local Jessica Lawson. For more information about this awesome community program, visit the PPLD website.
Pikes Peak Community College partners with PPLD to serve students and the community. The PPCC Library, faculty, and adjuncts encourage student involvement with APPR through course integration and campus events.
For an overview of PPCC's integration of APPR picks, as well as related text and author content for this fall, visit http://libguides.ppcc.edu/appr
For several years the Writing Center has sponsored a WRITING AND ART CONTEST to foster creative engagement with APPR titles and showcase student talent. Click this link to check out the many resources the Writing Center offers PPCC students, as well as how to take advantage of tutoring.