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Carlsbad Reads Together 2020
A COMMUNITY READING PROGRAM
Carlsbad Reads Together brings community members together and engages them in discussion about the
same selection of books at the same time. Throughout April 2020, we'll host book discussions, a visit from author
Tara Westover, Human Library, writing workshop and more. Sponsored by Friends of the Carlsbad Library.
About the 2020 Selections About the Authors
Educated by Tara Westover Tara Westover
Born to survivalists in the mountains Tara Westover is an American author.
of Idaho and isolated from mainstream Born in Idaho to a father opposed to
society, Tara Westover was 17 the public education, she never attended
first time she set foot in a classroom. school. She spent her days working in
Lacking a formal education, she began her father's junkyard or stewing herbs
to educate herself. Her quest for for her mother, a self-taught herbalist
knowledge transformed her, taking her and midwife. Taught to read by an older
over oceans and across continents, to brother, her education was erratic and incomplete. She
Cambridge, Harvard and beyond. was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom.
After that first encounter with education, she pursued
Young Adult Selection learning for a decade, graduating magna cum laude from
The Reader by Traci Chee Brigham Young University in 2008 and subsequently
What would you do if no one in the winning a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. She earned
world could read? What if you could an MPhil from Trinity College, Cambridge in 2009, and
read and had no books? Find the answer in 2010 was a visiting fellow at Harvard University. She
in Traci Chee's The Reader, the first in the returned to Cambridge, where she was awarded a PhD in
Sea of Ink and Gold trilogy. history in 2014.
Educated is her first book. (from: https://tarawestover.com/bio)
Traci Chee
Children’s Selection Traci Chee is a New York Times
Nothing Stopped Sophie bestselling author of young adult
by Cheryl Bardoe fiction. She has written four books
The true story of 18th-century including the Sea of Ink and Gold trilogy
mathematician Sophie as well as the upcoming We Are Not Free
Germain. When her parents (releasing June 2020).
took away her candles to
keep her from studying Cheryl Bardoe
math… nothing stopped Cheryl Bardoe is an award-winning
Sophie. When male math author of books for children and young
scholars said a math problem was impossible to solve, she readers. She is also a teacher, questioner
went on to solve the unsolvable to achieve her dream. and thinker. Her books inspire curiosity
and explore the world around us.
Carlsbad Reads Together Events
Locations
® Carlsbad City Library 1775 Dove Lane
® Georgina Cole Library 1250 Carlsbad Village Drive Sunday, April 19, 2 – 4 p.m.
® C
arlsbad City Library Carlsbad City Library Gowland Meeting Room
Learning Center 3368 Eureka Place The Human Library is a library where real people are
the books and reading is a conversation. Living Books
Admission is free for all events. (people with a particular life experience or story to tell)
are available to “check out” for a 20-minute conversation.
Book Discussions Every “book” represents a group in our society that may be
subjected to prejudice because of their lifestyle, diagnosis,
Read Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover belief, ethnic origin, etc. More information about the event
and join us for a lively discussion. is available at www.carlsbadlibrary.org.
Carlsbad City Library
Gowland Meeting Room Writing Workshop
Wednesday, April 1, 2 p.m
Monday, April 20, 7 p.m.
Introduction to Memoir Writing
With Marni Freedman
Saturday, April 25, 10 a.m. – noon
Georgina Cole Library
Georgina Cole Library Community Room
Community Room
Have you always wanted to write a memoir but don’t
Tuesday, April 7, 7 p.m.
know where to start? This workshop will get you started
Thursday, April 9, 2 p.m.
on your journey toward creating a dynamic, original
and well-structured memoir. Marni Freedman is a
Spanish Language Book Club at
produced, published and award-winning writer. For more
Library Learning Center
information, call 760-602-2055.
Tuesday, April 21, 10 a.m.
Una Educación por Tara Westover
An Evening With Tara Westover
Monday, April 27, 6:30 p.m.
Carlsbad City Library Schulman Auditorium
Carlsbad Film Series Tara Westover will discuss and sign her book Educated.
Seating is limited. Free tickets, one per person, will be
Carlsbad City Library, Schulman Auditorium given out at Schulman Auditorium beginning at 5 p.m.
Arrive any time after 5:30 p.m. to watch special features. on April 27. For more information, call 760-602-2055.
Films include a pre-show introduction and optional post-
show discussion.
Wednesday, April 15, 6 p.m.
Exploration HUB
Captain Fantastic (2016, R, 1h 58m) Carlsbad City Library
After living in isolation for a decade, a father devoted to Carlsbad Reads Together classes in the HUB will include:
raising his six kids is forced to reintegrate into society.
• Beginning Silhouette Cameo: College T-Shirt
Wednesday, April 22, 6 p.m.
Leave No Trace (2018, PG, 1h 49m) • Beginning Silhouette Cameo: Book Bag
A man and his daughter live peacefully off the grid, until • Beginning Tinkercad 3D Design: Pencil Holder
they’re forced into a new, noisy world. • Beginning Silhouette Cameo: Vision Board
Wednesday, April 29, 6 p.m. • Tween Beginning Silhouette Cameo: Pencil Bag
The Biggest Little Farm (2018, PG, 1h 31m)
• Teen Beginning Tinkercad 3D Design: School Memories
Documentarian John Chester and his wife Molly work
Photo Frame
to develop a sustainable farm on 200 acres outside
of Los Angeles.
Visit www.carlsbadca.gov/hub for class dates and times.
Youth and Family Events Terrific Tuesday: Rebel Thinkers
Tuesday, April 28, 3:30 pm
Tween Scene
Carlsbad City Library
Monday, April 6, 3:30 p.m.
Gowland Meeting Room
Georgina Cole Library
Learn about famous women in science and humanities
Community Room
with fun activities related to their achievements.
Students in 4th-6th grade are
For grades K – 5.
invited to jump into the zany world
of Dav Pilkey's Dog Man. Because of
Natural Wonders of California
his learning disabilities, author Dav
Thursday, April 23, 3:30 p.m.
Pilkey was often sent out into the
Library Learning Center
hallway in elementary school where he created comic
Community members of all ages are invited to learn
books. Through his persistence and love of reading,
about the culinary and medicinal use of some of our
his comics evolved to the beloved series of books,
local native plants. Seating limited.
Captain Underpants and Dog Man.
Book Explorers Open House
Thursday, April 9, 4 p.m.
Carlsbad City Library Events Just for Teens
Gowland Meeting Room
A reading and discussion of Nothing Stopped Book Warriors Book Club
Sophie by Cheryl Bardoe for grades 4 – 6. The Reader
Tuesday, April 21, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
STEAMworks Expo Carlsbad City Library
Saturday, April 18, 2 p.m. Study Room 234A & 234B
Carlsbad City Library What would you do if no one in
Gowland Meeting Room the world could read? What if you
Experience the wonders of neuroscience with could read and had no books?
makerspace activities to celebrate the power Find the answer in Traci Chee's The
of your brain. For grades K – 5. Reader, the first in the Sea of Ink and Gold trilogy.
Earth Day and The Boy Doomsday Survivalist Escape Room
Who Harnessed the Wind Friday, April 17, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 21, 3:30 Library Learning Center
Georgina Cole Library Teens in grades 6 – 12
Community Room How sharp are your survival skills? Come and find
Kids in grades K – 3 are invited to out if you have what it takes to survive Doomsday.
celebrate Earth Day by learning Seating limited.
about William Kamkwamba whose
Malawi village was hit by a drought.
Having no money for food, let alone school, he spent his
days in the library and learned how to make a windmill
that brought water to the village. Enjoy the story and
activities then make your own wind turbine.
Event titles and themes are subject to change.
For more information on all events in this guide
visit: www.carlsbadlibrary.org
Further Reading Suggestions Discussion Questions
The Sound of Gravel: A Memoir by Ruth Wariner. Educated by Tara Westover
Call Number B Wariner, R. 1. Tara has titled her book Educated and much of her
education takes place in classrooms, lectures or other
Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival and university environments, but not all. What other
My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray important moments of “education” were there? What
Call Number 362.74 MUR friends, acquaintances or experiences had the most
impact on Tara? What does that imply about what an
Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and education is?
Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church
by Megan Phelps-Roper 2. W
estover eventually finds her voice and realizes it’s just
Call Number 286.5 PHE as powerful as the people who have influenced her life.
What is voice, and how important is it that every child
Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back be encouraged to find their own?
Row America by Chris Arndae
3. How does education change Westover’s view of her
Call Number 362.5 ARN
childhood? How does she come to terms with how she
was raised once she knows the value of education?
Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of
Growing Up Cult by Jayabti Tamm 4. Tara wrote this at the age of 30, while in the midst of her
Call Number 294.5 TAM healing process. Why do you think she chose to write it
so young, and how does this distinguish the book from
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family similar memoirs?
and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
Call Number 305.562 VAN 5. What impact does Westover’s pursuit of formal
education have on her parents and family?
The Girl’s Guide to Homelessness:
A Memoir by Brianna Karp 6. Ultimately, what type of freedom did education
Call Number 362.5 KAR give Tara?
Fiction
Women Talking: A Novel
by Miriam Toews
Call Number Toews, M
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Call Number Hannah, K
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Call Number 362.82 WAL
OR – The Glass Castle
(videorecording)
by director Daniel Destin Cretten
Call Number DVD DRAMA GLA
Carlsbad
ReadsTogether
Little Faith: A Novel (Large Print)
by Nickolas Butler
Call Number Butler, N
Ordinary Girls: A Memoir by Jaquira Diaz Sponsored by Friends of the Carlsbad Library.
Call Number 818.603 DIA
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