Provided by Shoshana Francis, Los Altos Library
At Los Altos and Woodland Libraries, we believe summer reading is important for ALL ages. It’s a great excuse to catch up on books you’ve wanted to read while giving you the chance to win some fabulous prizes!
If you have kids, participating along with them in a summer reading program gives them a good example to follow, and helps foster a lifelong love of reading. Just for signing up, you will receive a bag full of goodies, and be entered into a weekly drawing to win awesome stuff like free books and gift
certificates to local shops and restaurants.
The sooner you sign up, the more chances you have to win!
If you log at least five books between 6/1 and 8/31, you will automatically be entered into the drawings for the Los Altos Libraries Grand Prize (a NOOK!) AND the district-wide Grand Prize of a Google Nexus 7 or an iPad Mini.
To sign up for summer reading, go to www.sccl.org/adults2013, or visit the reference desk at the Los Altos or Woodland Library. To be eligible for the drawings, you must be registered online.
Summer reading isn’t just books and prizes – we also have some fascinating programs to feature the Summer Reading 2013 theme, “Beneath the Surface:”
Growing an Heirloom Garden: Vegetables and Flowers
Wednesday, June 5, 7:00 p.m.
Our ancestors grew large meaty tomatoes, beets the size of volleyballs, and sweet peas so fragrant they could perfume a room. Join local photographer & author Rosalind Creasy for a slide lecture on how to select, grow, and cook with heirloom vegetables; as well as how to find great heirloom flowers like lovein-a-puff, love-lies-bleeding, old roses, and those very fragrant sweet peas.
California Slim: the Music, the Magic, and the Madness
Wednesday, June 12, 7:30 p.m.
Andrew Bernstein lived out the dreams of every male boomer in the 1960s & 70s. His musical journey began in 1962 Palo Alto when he was the 14-year-old student of an unknown banjo teacher named Jerry Garcia – and ended in 1980 on a Warner Bros. back lot at the premier party for Willie Nelson’s first movie, Honeysuckle Rose. They say if you remember the ‘60s, you weren’t there. Luckily, Bernstein took notes.
Twins from Brazil: Joseph Mengele, “Angel of Death”
Wednesday, July 3, 7:00 p.m.
Joseph Mengele, “Angel of Death,” was hired by Adolph Hitler for the sole purpose of studying the biology of twinning. The hope was through his human experimentation on twins, Dr. Mengele would be able to create an Aryan race to dominate the world. When WWII ended, Mengele sought refuge in South America. Is it coincidence that a small town in Brazil has, to this day, an unusually high rate of twin births? Evergreen College biology instructor Mark Okuda will explore this question in this fascinating program.
Lost Santa Clara County
Wednesday, August 21, 7:30 p.m.
Photographer and writer Josh Marcotte will share his photography and speak about exploring the forgotten, documenting to preserve for the future, and how his experiences growing up in Silicon Valley inspire his ongoing photo project, Lost San Jose.
As always, all library programs are FREE and open to the public.
For more information, visit www.sccl.org, call 650-948-7683, or visit your friendly local librarian in person. Happy reading!
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