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