Big Read

NEA Big Read

CBBC, in partnership with the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL), has participated in the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) BIG READ program since 2019.

Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. A great book combines enrichment with enchantment. It awakens our imagination and enlarges our humanity. The NEA Big Read aims to inspire conversation and discovery.


Big Read 2022


Big Read 2021

The Round House by Louise Erdrich July 17, 2021. Special Guest: José Miguel Paez , LCSW, Ed.D 
CSUN MSW Department 

Watch Recording


Big Read 2019

The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears By Dinaw Mengestu


Book Launches


Webinar Class

America Is In The Heart 
by Carlos Bulosan – a CBBC webinar class