Off-site Events in 2011


A Reading Promise Summer Reading Program

In Partnership with the San Diego Public Library, Witkids, and Pacific Beach Elementary School

Presented by Adventures by the Book!
Three events on Thursday, June 9, at San Diego Public Libraries!
About the Book and Events:
When Alice Ozma was nine years old, she and her father made a pact to read aloud together for 100 consecutive nights.  They celebrated this accomplishment with a pancake breakfast, and then continued "The Streak"until Alice turned 18 and moved away to college.
This deeply affecting memoir tells the story of Ozma's relationship with the extraordinary librarian father who raised her.  It not only illustratesthe unbreakable parent-child bond and the books they treasured, but it is a battle cry emphasizing the importance of libraries.

Now, it's your turn to start a Reading Streak of your own.  Make a Reading Promise this summer with a child you love.  And take the extra step to attend the event and purchase a Support Your Library Package to demonstrate how much you really do value our San Diego Public Library!

*Please note that only books purchased via the Adventures by the Book website *
or at the 3 events will be signed by the author.

 

 

* Mysterious Galaxy is pleased to be partnering with Adventures by the book to support our local libraries.

Stay tuned for more events in our community!

 

$24.99
ISBN-13: 9780446583770
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Grand Central Publishing, 5/2011

When Alice Ozma was in 4th grade, she and her father decided to see if he could read aloud to her for 100 consecutive nights. On the hundreth night, they shared pancakes to celebrate, but it soon became evident that neither wanted to let go of their storytelling ritual. So they decided to continue what they called "The Streak." Alice's father read aloud to her every night without fail until the day she left for college.

Alice approaches her book as a series of vignettes about her relationship with her father and the life lessons learned from the books he read to her.

Books included in the Streak were: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, the Oz books by L. Frank Baum, Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, and Shakespeare's plays.