This event will take place in the Children 's Area. Attendance is limited and advance registration is required. To si gn up\, see library staff\, or register online at \;Visit.LACo untyLibrary.org/Events \;and filter by location or event date . \;
\nPaint an L.A. Weather Landscape inspired by our One Book\ , One County book\, L.A. Weather by Marí\;a Amparo Escandó\;n and the following book passage:
\n&ldquo\;It&rsquo\;s always nic e out.&rdquo\;
\n&ldquo\;People around the country tend to think so. East Coast people\, people from the Midwest. They say\, &lsquo\; There&rsquo\;s no weather in L.A. It&rsquo\;s always seventy-two and sunny \,&rsquo\; but that&rsquo\;s inaccurate. Few people consider our five seas ons to be different from one another\, but they are. You know this. I know this because we&rsquo\;ve lived here all our lives. Ah\, but go ahead and tell this to someone back east. Our winter rainy season overlaps with our sunny and mild spring\, then with our jacaranda season\, our horribly hot late summer\, and the Santa Ana season. That&rsquo\;s five seasons there. Of course\, some people in town would include the award season\, but that &rsquo\;s not climate-related unless Oscars&rsquo\; red carpet gets rained on. And then\, what about the drought\, the winds\, the marine layer\, th e brushfires\, the gigafires\, the mud-slides\, the landslides\, the flash floods\, the atmospheric rivers&hellip\;&rdquo\; \;
\nOne Book\, One County&nbs p\;is a community reading program for Summer 2024 that celebrates collabor ation\, education\, and conversation across our county and emphasizes the power of connected libraries to create connected communities. This program is unique because instead of one book for one library system\, all 9.8 mi llion County residents are invited to read one book together\, with suppor tive programming provided by a network of partnered Los Angeles County lib rary jurisdictions. Learn more about this initiative at LACounty Library.org/onebook. \;
\nAbout L.A.
Weather \;by Marí\;a Amparo Escandó\;n
The
2024 selection for \;One Book\, One County \;is \;L.A. Weather
\;by Marí\;a Amparo Escandó\;n. \;Published in 2022\,
\;L.A. Weather \;is a New York Times bestseller that follows the
Mexican-American Alvarado family during a year in Los Angeles &ldquo\;as t
hey wrestle with impending evacuations\, secrets\, deception\, and betraya
l\, and their toughest decision yet: whether to stick together or burn it
all down.&rdquo\;
Marí\;a Amparo Escandó\;n is a New Y ork Times best-selling bilingual author (English/Spanish). Her novel\,&nbs p\;L.A. Weather\, is a Reese&rsquo\;s Book Club pick and the winner of the Fiction Award at the International Latino Book Awards\, 2022. Her first n ovel \;Esperanza&rsquo\;s Box of Saints\, (Santitos \;in Spanish)& nbsp\;has been the number one best seller in the Los Angeles Times Best Se llers List\, it has 21 foreign editions and is read in over 86 countries. Her second novel is \;Gonzá\;lez &\; Daughter Trucking Co.&nb sp\;(Transportes Gonzá\;lez e Hija\, S.A. in Spanish.) Marí\;a has been an L.A. resident for forty years.
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