Enjoy a basket of Vermont Reads books and lunch with Vermont Humanities ED, Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup!

A Statewide Community Reading Program

For the last 19 years, Vermont Humanities has invited students, adults, and seniors across the state to read the same book and participate in a wide variety of community activities related to the book’s themes. Over 200 different Vermont towns, cities, and villages have participated in Vermont Reads to date.

Basket Includes the last 5 years of Vermont Reads book picks including:

2020: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

2019: March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

2018: Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Paterson

2017: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

2016: The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antartic Expedition by Caroline Alexander