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Saturday is National Read Across America Day, a day when the National Educational Association celebrates reading and the birthday of children’s author Dr. Seuss.

In honor of the day, we asked our staff and people in the community what they are reading. More than 100 people responded.

Let us know in the comments what you are reading.

Public officials

Mike DeWine, Ohio governor: “Walking Hadrian’s Wall” by friend Buck Niehoff; “Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America” by James and Deborah Fallows; and “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles

Sen. Rob Portman: “Leadership in Turbulent Times” by Doris Kearns Goodwin

U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty: “Becoming” by Michelle Obama

U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers: “One Second After: by William R. Forstchen

U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson: “Team of Rivals” by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Dave Yost, Ohio Attorney General: “Afterlife” by Marcus Sakey; and “Mastering Civility: A Manifesto for the Workplace” by Christine Porath

Marilyn Brown, Franklin County Commissioner: “Leadership in Turbulent Times” by Doris Kearns Goodwin and “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens

Andrew J. Ginther, City of Columbus Mayor: “The Book of Joy” by the Dalai Lama and “Archbishop” by Desmond Tutu

Shannon Hardin, President of Columbus City Council: “Street Fight” by Janette Sadik-Khan; “Becoming” by Michelle Obama; The Bible

Zach Klein, Columbus City Attorney: “Leadership in Turbulent Times” by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Megan Kilgore, Columbus City Auditor: “The Power” by Naomi Alderman

Kim Maggard, City of Whitehall Mayor: “When Will There Be Good News?” by Kate Atkinson

Tracy Davidson, President of the Westerville City Schools Board of Education: “Becoming” by Michelle Obama

Cathy Johnson, Southwestern City Schools Board Member: “Tigerland” by Wil Haygood

Lee Schreiner, South-Western City BOE/Pres.-Elect Ohio School Boards Association: “The Soul of America” by Jon Meacham

Roby Schottke, Grove City Councilman: “The Lost Order” by Steve Berry

Ike Stage, Mayor of Grove City: “Presidents of War” by Michael Beschloss

Randy Little, Jackson Township Fire Chief: “The Little Fire Engine” by Louis Lenski

Educators

Dr. Michael V. Drake, President of The Ohio State University: “The Enigma of Arrival” by V.S. Naipaul

Dr. Melanie Corn, President of Columbus College of Art & Design: “Mindful Work: How Meditation is Changing Business from the Inside Out” by David Gelles

Dr. Jean Hester, Vice President for Enrollment Management at Columbus College of Art & Design: “Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity” by Kim Scott

John Comerford, President of Otterbein University: “You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, an d 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself” by David McRaney

John R. Kellogg, Superintendent, Westerville City Schools: “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman

Amy Farris, Teacher Librarian, Westerville Central High School: “On the Come Up” by Angie Thomas

Earl Rahm, Alcott Elementary Principal, Westerville City Schools: “The Will to Lead, the Skill to Teach” By Anthony Muhammad and Sharroky Hollie

Victoria Hazlett, Wilder Elementary Principal, Westerville City Schools: “Northland” by Porter Fox; “Advanced Marathoning” by Pete Pfitzinger/Scott Douglas; “Almost Everything” by Anne Lamott

Carol Louden, Mark Twain 1st grade teacher, Westerville City Schools: “The Cat in the Hat” by Dr. Seuss

A.J. Hoffman, Huber Ridge Elementary Assistant Principal, Westerville City Schools: “Thinking Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman

Robert Stranges, Fouse Elementary Principal, Westerville City School: “Home to Italy” by Peter Pezzelli

Karen Yingling, Blendon Middle School Librarian, Westerville City Schools: “The Bridge Home” by Padma Venkatraman

Jim Swain Principal, McVay Elementary, Westerville City Schools: “Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season” by Urban Meyer

Beth Baryon, Westerville North High School Librarian: “My Plain Jane” by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, & Brodi Ashton

Monty Maceyko, Library/Media Specialist Hawthorne & Hanby Elementary, Westerville City Schools: “The Library Book” by Susan Orlean

Judith Gawelek, Elementary Media Specialist, Westerville City Schools: “Grant” by Ron Chernow

Steve Barrett, Gahanna Jefferson Public Schools Superintendent: “Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion” by Father Gregory Boyle S.J.

Danny Ransey, Ohio State School for the Blind Principal: “Educated a Memoir” by Tara Westover

Nancy Boone, teacher-librarian, Ohio School for the Deaf: “On the Come Up” by Angie Thomas

Jeff Endres, Hamilton Middle School Principal, Hamilton Local Schools: “How Not to Die” by Michael Gregor

Jamie Lusher, Assistant Superintendent Grandview Heights: “Little Fires Everywhere” By Celeste Ng

Christopher Menhorn, Summit Road STEM Elementary Principal, Reynoldsburg City Schools: “When: The Scientific Secrets Of Perfect Timing” by Daniel Pink

Jamie Johnson, Taylor Road Elementary Principal, Reynoldsburg City Schools: “The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding” by Jennifer Robson

Lydia Tokarz, Middle Grades Librarian, Canal Winchester Local Schools: “Resistance” by Jennifer Nielsen

Janie Kantner, Library Media Specialist, Indian Trail Elementary, Canal Winchester Schools and OELMA Director: “Merci Suarez Changes Gears” by Meg Medina

Erica M. Bardon, English Teacher, OSSB: “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah

Tyler Wolfe, Principal, Dublin City Schools: “Leaders Eat Last” by Simon Sinek

Staci Peters, Groveport Madison Schools principal: “Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World” by Michele Borba

Garilee Ogden, Superintendent, Groveport Madison Local Schools: “Dare to Lead” by Brene Brown

Curt Brogan, Glendening Elementary Principal, Groveport Madison Schools: “Practice Perfect” by Doug Lemov

Tricia Faulkner, Madison Elementary School Principal, Groveport Madison Schools: “Closing the Attitude Gap” by Baruti Kafele

Darren Fillman, Groveport Madison Middle School South Principal: “Switch on Your Brain” by Dr. Caroline Leaf and “The Frontiersman” by Alan W. Eckert

April Bray, Principal, Groveport Madison Schools: “Money and Schools” by Faith E. Crampton, R. Craig Wood, and David C. Thompson

Kate Miller, Brown Elementary Principal, Hilliard City Schools: “Servant Leadership in Action” by Ken Blanchard and Renee Broadwell

Jenny Davis Griffith, Thomas Elementary Principal, Dublin City Schools: “The Boy in the Black Suit” by Jason Reynolds

Stephanie McQuade, Reading Support Teacher in Dublin: “Amplify” by Kristin Ziemke

Deb Frazier, Instructional Technology coach, Hilliard City Schools: “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo

Jessica Horowitz-Moore, Etna Road Elementary School principal, Whitehall City Schools: “All American Boys” by Jason Reynolds

Sheryl Johnson, Whitehall-Yearling high school library media specialist: “Happy” by Ian Smith

Jamie Schiff, Director of the Program for Young Children at Columbus School for Girls: “The Confidence Code for Girls” by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman

Nola-rae Cronan, Middle School Director, Columbus School for Girls: “Eloquent Rage” by Brittney Cooper

Linda Swarlis, Director of Libraries and Strategic Research, Columbus School for Girls: “Hands On, Minds On: How Executive Function, Motor and Spatial Skills Foster School Readiness” by Claire E. Cameron

Annie Ruefle, Lower School Librarian at Columbus School for Girls: “Poet X” by Elizabeth Acevedo

Betsy Gugle, Columbus School for Girls Lower School Director: “Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls” by Lisa Damour, Ph.D

Kathy Boyd, library media specialist: “Willa in the Wood” by Richard Beatty

Philip Wagner, Superintendent Licking Heights Schools: “The Pumpkin Plan” by Mike Michalowicz

Sports

Chris Holtmann, Ohio State men’s basketball coach: “Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time” by Ian O’Connor

Makayla Waterman, senior Ohio State University women’s basketball player: “Why the Best Are the Best,” by Kevin Eastman

Media, arts and entertainment

Bill Eichenberger, Editor/writer, Echoes Magazine: “The Southpaw” by Mark Harris

Jimmy Mak, Shadowbox Live head writer: “The Marx Brothers” by Kyle Crichton

David Filipi, Director, Film/Video, Wexner Center for the Arts: “Casey Stengel: Baseball’s Greatest Character” by Marty Appel

Vivian C. Lermond, playwright: “Trace” by Patricia Cornwell

Catherine T. Willis, Founder of Urban Strings Columbus: “Becoming” by Michele Obama

Nannette Maciejunes, Executive Director and CEO, Columbus Museum of Art: “The Missing Pages: The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript from Genocide to Justice” by Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh

Linda Kass, Gramercy Books owner: “The Book of Delights” lyric essays by Ross Gay

John DeSando NPR Film Critic, WCBE 90.5 FM: “Space Odyssey” by Michael Benson

Stephanie Rond, artist and Carnegie Gallery director: “The Art of Gathering, How We Meet and Why it Matters” by Priya Parker

Katy Psenicka, C.O.O. and Chief Choreographer for Shadowbox Live: Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Byron Stripling, Columbus Jazz Orchestra Conductor: “21 Lessons for the 21st Century” by Yuval Noah Harari

Steven C. Anderson, Producing Director, CATCO is Theatre: “Stoner” by John Williams

Christopher Purdy, Broadcast Manager, WOSU Public Media: “Middle C” by William H. Gass

Stephen Woosley, Actor, MadLab Theatre: “On The Beach” by Nevil Shute

Robin Brenneman, Executive Director, Hilliard Arts Council: “Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande

Dispatch Staff

Alan Miller, Dispatch Editor: “New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World -- And How To Make It Work For You” by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms

Michelle Everhart, Dispatch Assistant Managing Editor for Digital News and Innovation: “On the Come Up” by Angie Thomas

Julie Fulton, Dispatch Library director: “Truth in Advertising” by John Kenney

Ryan E. Smith, Dispatch Features Editor: “Echo Park,” Michael Connelly

Sheridan Hendrix, Dispatch metro reporter: “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hannah

Eric Lagatta, Dispatch features reporter: “Authority” by Jeff VanderMeer

Jennifer Smola, Dispatch metro reporter: “Cork Dork: A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste” by Bianca Bosker

Kevin Stankiewicz, Dispatch metro reporter: “The Death and Life of American Labor” by Stanley Aronowitz

Scott Gowans, digital content producer: “Kurt Vonnegut: Complete Stories” (2017)

Rachel Kilroy, Dispatch digital project manager: “New Wave” by Jennifer Shore

Rick Rouan, Dispatch metro reporter: “Fire & Blood” by George R.R. Martin

Rebecca Reis, Digital content producer: “They Can’t Kill Us Til They Kill Us” by Hanif Abdurraqib

Bethany Bruner, Metro reporter: “Force of Nature” by Jane Harper

Steve Stephens, Dispatch Travel & Home reporter: “To Urania” by Joseph Brodsky

Julia Oller, Dispatch features reporter: “Night Sky With Exit Wounds” by Ocean Vuong

Joe Blundo, Dispatch columnist: “Prodigal Summer” by Barbara Kingsolver

Jacob Myers, Dispatch sports reporter: “Season on the Brink” by John Feinstein

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