The 2025 selection by author Dodie Smith was published in 1956 and has inspired numerous animated and live-action screen adaptations. The library will show the Disney animated classic at its Monday Night Movie at 5 p.m., April 14.

The month-long event features book discussions and programs at all of the county's public libraries. The closing dinner takes place at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 24, at the Wilmington Municipal Building Community Room and is catered by Chef Jen Purkey. The dinner features a presentation, Finding Families for Thousands like Perdita, by Clinton County Humane Society volunteer Katie Cox. Please call Trail Haus at 937.475.0681 to make your reservations by April 21.

Copies of the book are available at all of the county's sponsoring libraries and bookseller.

Clinton County Reads is sponsored by the Blanchester Public Library, Sabina Public Library, Wilmington Public Library, and Books 'N More.