Summer Reading Author Series
The Sonoma County Library is bringing renowned authors to your libraries for its Summer Reading Author Series. Come meet award-winning authors and learn about their writing processes, their lives, and their art. The Summer Reading Author Series is comprised of visits by seven best-selling and award-winning authors to library branches across Sonoma County. Per our summer reading theme "Reading Takes You Everywhere," this is a great time to travel to libraries across the county to participate in these wonderful community events. The Summer Reading Program is a reading program; there is no better event for libraries than an author visit to support and promote the activity of reading.
Children's Author Carol McCloud Visits Cloverdale Library 3:30pm and 6pm Wednesday June 27
Carol McCloud - Wednesday June 27, 2018, 3:30pm and 6pm Cloverdale Library
Join us at 3:30pm for a children's event and 6pm for an adult event on Wednesday June 27, 2018, at Cloverdale Library for a talk and reading by bestselling children's author Carol McCloud as part of the library's Summer Reading Author Series.
Carol McCloud, a.k.a. the "Bucket Lady", has captivated all ages and encouraged them to become daily bucket fillers since her first book, Have You Filled a Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids, was published in 2006.
A graduate of Oakland University’s School of Education and Human Services, Carol has spent 20 years in education as a teacher, counselor, youth mentor, and early education director. As Adjunct Professor for the Florida Keys Community College in the 1990’s, Carol taught early childhood development classes and served as president of the local NAEYC affiliate.
Carol is an award-winning author, Talent Smart® Emotional Intelligence Certified Trainer, and member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). She delights in presenting the bucketfilling message to audiences of all sizes and ages. Her passion for bucket filling, energetic style, and creative storytelling is true to her goal: to motivate each person to make a choice to be a bucket filler in their daily walk.
Carol lives with her husband, Jack, in Venice, Florida.
Seven Authors Visit Sonoma County Library in June 2018
Anchee Min
New York Times Bestseller, British Book Award Finalist, Carl Sandburg Award Winner
June 4, 2018 at 6:00 pm
Rincon Valley Regional Library - 6959 Montecito Boulevard, Santa Rosa
Luis Rodriguez
Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, Bestselling author
June 9, 2018 at 1:00 pm
Healdsburg Regional Library – 139 Piper Street, Healdsburg
Jonathan Alpeyrie
A War Photographer's True Story of Captivity and Survival in Syria
June 16 at 2:00 pm
Guerneville Regional Library - 14107 Armstrong Woods Road, Guerneville
Gail Tsukiyama
Best-selling author, recipient of the Academy of American Poets Award and the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
June 20, 2018 at 7:00 pm
Petaluma Regional Library - 100 Fairgrounds Drive, Petaluma
Kay Ryan
Pulitzer winner, NBCC finalist, US Poet Laureate, MacArthur Genius, National Humanities Medal Honoree
June 23, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Sonoma Valley Regional Library - 755 West Napa Street, Sonoma
Elif Batuman
Shortlisted for this year’s Pulitzer Prize
June 25, 2018 at 6:00 pm
Central Santa Rosa Library – 211 E Street, Santa Rosa
Carol McCloud
Bestselling children’s author
June 27, 3:30-5 pm for a children’s and 6-7:30 pm for an adult event
Cloverdale Regional Library - 401 N. Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale
Each author will speak for 45 minutes to an hour, followed by a short question and answer session. Books will be available for purchase and signing following the events. These events are free and open to all.
For more information, contact Mathew Rose at 707-823-7691 or mrose@sonomalibrary.org. Keep in touch with these and other library events at www.sonomalibrary.org/events and on Facebook, www.facebook.com/sonomalibrary.
