Books Beyond Borders

Posted on 17 November 2023

For 5th-8th graders
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.

December 3: Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park (Sudan)

January 7: Lion Dancers, by Cai Tse (Tasmania)

February 4: Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring, by Angela Cervantes (Mexico) *Zoom Author Visit!

March 4: Music for Tigers, by Michelle Kadarusman (Australia)

April 1: Letters from Cuba, by Ruth Behar (Cuba)

May 6: Orange for the Sunsets, by Tina Athaide (Uganda)

June 3: The Circuit: The Graphic Novel, by Francisco Jiménez (Mexico and California)

This program is brought to you thanks to the support of The Friends of the Library.

Este programa llega a usted gracias al apoyo de Los Amigos de la Biblioteca.