Announcing Marin City Live! Presents:
Virtual Author Events hosted by The Marin City Library
Series starter is Aisha Saeed, The New York Times bestselling children’s and teen author. Her middle grade novels include: The New York Times best seller Amal Unbound, winner of the California Medal for Young Readers Written in the Stars, Aladdin retelling Far from Agrabah, and book #1 of the new trilogy, Diana and the Island of No Return. Aisha is also one of 15 Muslim voices in the short story collection Once Upon an Eid. She is also a founding member of the We Need Diverse Books nonprofit.
Aisha will be reading her debut picture book Bilal Cooks Daal, which highlights the values of patience, teamwork, community, and sharing. Six-year-old Pakistani American Bilal is excited to share his favorite food, this tasty slow-cooked lentil stew from South Asia with family and friends.
Saturday, October 17, 2020, 11:00–11:30 am
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Renée Watson is a New York Times bestselling author, educator, and activist. Her young adult novel, Piecing Me Together received a Coretta Scott King Award and Newbery Honor in 2018. Her other books include Some Places More Than Others, This Side of Home, What Momma Left Me, Betty Before X (co-written with Ilyasah Shabazz), and Watch Us Rise (co-written with Ellen Hagan) and picture books, A Place Where Hurricanes Happen and Harlem’s Little Blackbird, a NAACP Image Award nominee.
Renée will read from the first book in her new Ryan Hart series, Ways to Make Sunshine. Meet plucky fourth-grader Ryan Hart as she navigates the ups and downs of moving to a new neighborhood, starting at a new school, and dealing with her annoying older brother. No matter what, Ryan always finds ways to make sunshine.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 2 pm – 3 pm
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Cozbi A. Cabrera is author and illustrator of the empowering ode to Black hair, My Hair is a Garden. She will read her beautiful and touching new picture book, Me & Mama, a celebration of the bond between a mother and daughter: “A mama’s love is brighter than the sun, even on the rainiest of days,” perfect for sharing with little ones.
Wednesday, December 2, 2020, 2 pm – 3 pm
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