HB Reads Barnes
& Noble Bookfair
Friday, August 27 - Sunday, August
29
9am -
11pm
Barnes
& Noble @ Bella Terra
7881 Edinger Ave
Huntington Beach, CA
For every eligible item that is purchased,
Barnes & Noble contributes up to 12% of
the purchase price to HB Reads. The funds are
used to purchase copies of the featured book
for local high school students, to host free
readers' events, and to bring the author to
Huntington Beach.
Please consider supporting HB Reads by using
the following voucher when making your purchase
of any book, CD, or DVD at Barnes & Noble:
Download
Bookfair Voucher
Welcome to
Huntington Beach Reads One Book!
Since 2007, the people of Huntington
Beach have been coming together to participate
in HB Reads One Book. The idea: all adult readers,
students and families in Huntington Beach read
the same book at the same time for a community-wide
experience.
The books selected for Huntington Beach Reads
One Book invite readers to learn about the diversity
of people, cultures and discuss new perspectives.
We have "traveled" to Pakistan, Alaska,
and the Sudan learning about others and about
ourselves. We introduce readers to the authors,
and bring you programs that share the art, music,
food and experiences of the story.
The Huntington Beach Human Relations Task Force
and the Huntington Beach Library Board of Trustees
have joined with the Huntington Beach City Council
to endorse the program. Area high school students,
community organizations, and Southern California
readers have participated in a variety of events
as a part of Huntington Beach Reads One Book.
The first author visit in 2008, by Greg Mortenson,
author of Three Cups
of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace .
. . One School at a Time, was a successful
daylong event involving more than 2,000 readers.
Year two brought us The
Kids From Nowhere: The Story Behind the Arctic
Educational Miracle, by George Guthridge
with events that included a dogsled and native
ice cream. In 2010 we inspired folks to read
They Poured
Fire on Us From the Sky - The True Story of
Three Lost Boys from Sudan by Alphonsion
Deng, Benson Deng, Benjamin Ajak, and Judy A.
Bernstein. The authors visited after a series
of related events around the city.
Each year, the first question asked is "what
is your next book?" and we begin planning
the next reading adventure!
Join us for our next adventure -- this
time through the United States!
Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child,
by Elva Trevino Hart
Beginning in 1953, when the author was three
years old, her family traveled from Texas to
work in the fields of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Hart's beautifully written memoir as the daughter
of immigrant migrant workers takes the reader
along on the journey. Her father was determined
that all his children would graduate from high
school. Hart was able to enter college, and
earn master's degree in computer science. A
worn-out mother; a rebellious brother; and teenage
sisters, detail a vivid piece of history.
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