Further Reading

In addition to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, you may enjoy the following books

For Adult Readers:

• 1984 by George Orwell
• Sand Cafe by Neil MacFarquhar
• We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
• Europe Central by William T. Vollmann

For Young Adult Readers:

• 1984 by George Orwell
• The Year They Burned the Books by Nancy Garden
• The Day They Came to Arrest the Book by Nat Hentoff
• The Last Safe Place on Earth by Richard Peck

For Children:

• The Rebellious Alphabet by Jorge Diaz
• It's a Weird, Weird School by Stephen Mooser
• Fly by Night by Frances Hardinge

Big Read Resources

From the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA):

Access the NEA's Big Read Website www.neabigread.org

Guides

These resources are also available in print format at your local library or school.

Reader's Guide

Teachers Guide

Where can I find a copy of Fahrenheit 451?

Find the Big Read Contest
You may be able to find a copy of Fahrenheit 451 somewhere in the Santa Clarita Valley. If you find a copy of the participating Find the Big Read Contest books, bring it to the library to register it and be entered in a drawing. More details here.

The County of Los Angeles Public Library and College of the Canyons Library have extra copies of Fahrenheit 451 in circulation:

• County of Los Angeles Public Library Holdings
• College of the Canyons Library

These Big Read participating book stores also have copies available for purchase:

• Barnes and Nobles, 23630 Valencia Blvd. 661-254-6604
• Borders Books and Music, 24445 Town Center Drive 661-286-1131

This event is part of The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest.