This year our Summer Reading for a Cause theme is "Share Your Story". We are proud to host two local authors who have written books inspired by their own life stories. Join us for this special double author event!
Nicole Chen and Margaret Chiu Greanias will perform a read-aloud from their books, their books will be available to purchase thanks to Linden Tree books, and after storytime we will have some fun crafts! This event will take place in the Embarcadero Room of the Rinconada Library. Registration is recommended.
About the authors:
Nicole Chen's experience growing up Taiwanese American, and the blend of Catalan, Spanish, Taiwanese and American influences in her home fuels her desire to write and tell stories that reflect a diverse and multicultural American identity. Her debut picture book, HOW WE SAY I LOVE YOU (Knopf/Penguin Random House) was a Target Book Club pick and selected by the Dollywood Foundation for inclusion in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library 2023 program. Her debut middle grade novel, IT’S BOBA TIME FOR PEARL LI! (Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins) is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.
Margaret Chiu Greanias is a children’s book author who writes children’s picture books with heart and humor, including MAXIMILLIAN VILLAINOUS, AMAH FARAWAY, HOOKED ON BOOKS, and HOW THIS BOOK GOT RED (Oct 1, 2023). A daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, three children, and a fluffle of dust bunnies.