World Tour

Big Book comes home to Groton, MA.!

COMMUNITY VIEWING OF BIG BOOK: PAGES FOR PEACE

UPDATE: THE BIG BOOK VIEWING HOURS IN GROTON EXTENDED!

The Big Book bookmakers team, the Pages for Peace Foundation, and the GDRMS Bookmakers and Dreamers Club are excited to offer a “Big Book: Pages for Peace” community viewing event. Big Book will be on display in the Prescott School gymnasium, 145 Main Street, Groton, MA 01450 as a thank you to all the hundreds of local citizens who have supported this project over the last 12 years. We invite you to come view this giant book, 12 feet tall and 20 feet wide when open, with 1071 pages of peace letters, artwork, poetry, songs, and other documents submitted to Big Book from all over the world. Two kiosks with digital versions of Big Book will accompany the display so that visitors will be able to view the book electronically.

The Big Book community event is dedicated to the Big Book project founder, peace club leader and teacher, Betsy Sawyer, who lost her battle with cancer on April 3, 2016. “Big Book: Pages for Peace” will be on display beginning Wednesday April 27th through Wednesday May 11th.

EXTENDED HOURS INCLUDE:

FRIDAY MAY 13 from 2pm to 4pm

MONDAY MAY 16 from 2pm to 4pm

WEDNESDAY MAY 18 from 2pm to 4pm

World Tour kicks off at the United Nations!

Ms. Betsy Sawyer, President of the Big Book Peace Club along with students from the Big Book Peace Club

The World Tour of the Big Book has kicked off at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City!

The Big Book was on view at the International Day of Happiness Conference held in the General Assembly of the U.N.

To read more about the International Day of Happiness at the U.N., click here:: http://www.un.org/en/events/happinessday/#March

Photos of the Big Book at the U.N.

Volunteers unload pages for the Big Book - 500 of them! to the UN, March 20, 2016.
The Big Book assembled and on display at the International Day of Happiness at UN.
The original students from Groton-Dunstable Middle School who started with the Big Book project while in 5th grade, and saw it through to its debut at the UN.

Nine-year-old Sonam Tsomo Kyitsang views pages of the Big Book via kiosk at the UN, March 20, 2026

Big Book World Tour kicks off Sunday March 20, 2026

Ms. Betsy Sawyer, President of the Big Book Peace Club along with students from the Big Book Peace Club

JOIN US ON SUNDAY MARCH 20TH AS WE KICK OFF THE WORLD TOUR OF THE BIG BOOK!

THE BIG BOOK WILL BE ON VIEW AT THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HAPPINESS CONFERENCE HELD IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK.

The Big Book debut at the UN’s International Day of Happiness is a ticketed event. For information on the event, please click the link below:

http://www.un.org/en/events/happinessday/#March

For information on traveling with Betsy and the Big Book Peace Train, please email Betsy:

[email protected]

STUDENT TRIP

The cost of bus, hotel, meals, and t-shirt is $200 per person. The bus will depart from Groton-Dunstable Middle School parking lot on Saturday March 19, 2026 at 9:00 A.M. sharp! Spend the day in NYC with hotel accommodations Saturday night. The UN event takes place Sunday morning. The bus will return to Groton on Sunday evening, approximately at 9:00 P.M. Please check back to this website for more information as we finalize our plans!