Books Beyond Borders
50 Canal St
For 5th-8th graders
First Wednesday at 4pm
To sign up, please email Lea at lea.aschkenas@cityofsanrafael.org or call 415-485-3336.
Like reading? Like learning about life in other places and times? We’ve got just the club for you! Join us for our Books Beyond Borders book club in which we’ll travel through time and place to better understand our present world. Each month, read the selected book (limited free copies available, otherwise check yours out at the library) and then we’ll meet to discuss it, sample some related food and maybe music, and do a fun related craft or writing activity. Occasional special guests will include the book’s author or a visitor from the culture or time we’ve read about.
Dec 4: Flora la Fresca & The Art of Friendship by Veronica Chambers (Panamanian-American)
Jan 8: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba (Malawi).
Feb 5: Uprooted by Ruth Chan (Hong Kong).
Mar 5: Indian no More by Charlene Willing and Traci Sorell (Umpqua people of Oregon and California).
Apr 2: The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell-Boyce (England and maybe Mongolia).
May 7: Johnny, the sea, and me by Melba Escobar (Colombia).
Jun 4: Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani (India). Author visit!
Happy holidays, see you next year!
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