Go Big Read

Excited about Custodians of Wonder and looking for similar books for younger readers? Check out the Cooperative Children’s Book Center reading lists! One list is geared towards intergenerational connections, and the other towards bridge building. You can access these lists through the resources tab on our website:

https://gobigread.wisc.edu/resources/

Writing Across the Curriculum developed sample low-stakes and high-stakes options for writing assignments that are connected to this year’s Go Big Read, Custodians of Wonder. If you’re looking for some more ways to integrate the book into your course curriculum, we highly encourage you to take a look at their sample writing assignments! You can also access the assignments on these lists through the resources tab on our website:
https://gobigread.wisc.edu/resources/

To learn more about Writing Across the Curriculum, visit their webpage:
https://wac.wisc.edu/

Resources | Go Big Read All information about the 2025-2026 Go Big Read, James, can be found on the 2025-2026 Go Big Read archive page. Please visit this page to learn about the book, events, book discussion guide, and other resources.

If you’re teaching a discussion section or course this semester, this guide is for you! This resource provides a range of classroom activity ideas that are connected to Custodians of Wonder chapters. Check it out on the resources tab on our website:

https://gobigread.wisc.edu/resources/

As you read Custodians of Wonder, we encourage you to check out the Traditions at UW: Supplemental Teaching Guide created by the Center for Campus History. This guide prompts instructors and students to reckon with UW-Madison’s complex history of traditions. You can access this guide through the resources tab on our website:

https://gobigread.wisc.edu/resources/

Thanks to donors like you the Imagination Center is becoming a reality! Did you see that there’s a new library coming to Madison? The Imagination Center at Reindahl Park will host a grand opening weekend Fri, Sept 25 and Sat, Sept 26 opening the doors to Madison Public Library's first new library in more than 25 years!

Get all the details at madpl.org/imaginationopening

Images courtesy of JLA Architects

Latine Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct.15) starts next week. This year’s theme, Woven in Our Worth, reinvents the histories, struggles, and dreams of Latin American cultures, weaving them into a shared tapestry of fortitude and ambition. Cultural traditions and generational wisdom lace together unbreakable threads that create an inherited fabric of pride and exceptionalism.

Join in the celebration of Latine Heritage Month to learn and explore the intricate cultures that entwine Latin American legacies. Lear more at: https://students.wisc.edu/latine/