The Big Read Sonoma County - Library Events

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Special Events

Read Tom Sawyer to a Dog - children, teens, families

Trained Sonoma County Humane Society volunteers with their trained Pet Assisted Therapy dogs will read with children, teens and families at the Central Library. This two-hour family reading event will incorporate easy reader editions of Tom Sawyer for use by young and reluctant readers. Five dog teams will be spaced apart in the Forum Room to provide an intimate reading environment for each participating reader. Tom Sawyer-themed craft activities also will be included.

• Saturday, April 3 at 11 a.m., Central Library
  

Paws to Read Tom Sawyer to a dog - children

The Windsor Regional Library will have easy reader editions of Tom Sawyer available for children to read to our reading assistance dogs from Paws for Healing, under the Paws for Reading program.

• Mondays, April 5, 12, 19 and 26, from 3 - 4 p.m.,  Windsor Library

Readers' Theatre - all ages

Clover Springs Players perform scenes from Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer in the Pat Hare Community Room. This free event is open to the public.

• Tuesday, April 20 at 1 p.m., Cloverdale Regional Library
• Thursday, April 22 at 1 p.m., Cloverdale Regional Library

Act Like a Pirate - school-aged children

Tom Sawyer and his friends pretended to be pirates, and you can, too! Learn to talk like a pirate, dress like a pirate, and find buried treasure like a lucky pirate. For school-aged children.

• Saturday, May 1 at 2 p.m., Petaluma Regional Library
  
  

Book Discussions

Read the book, then come to a book discussion at your choice of library. Copies of the book will be available for checkout at each branch.

• Saturday, April 10 at 2 p.m.
  Petaluma Regional Library
  
  
• Tuesday, April 20 at 11:30 a.m.  
  Rohnert Park-Cotati Regional Library
  
  
• Wednesday, April 21 at 2:30 p.m.
  Northwest Regional Library
  
  
• Wednesday, April 21 at 6:30 p.m.
  Cloverdale Regional Library
  
  
• Saturday, April 24, at 10:00 a.m.
  Sonoma Valley Regional Library
  
  
• Tuesday, April 27 at 12 noon - or -
  Tuesday, April 27 at 1 p.m.
  Central Santa Rosa Library
  
  
• Wednesday, April 28 at 7 pm
  Healdsburg Regional Library
  
  
• Tuesday, May 11 at 1:30 p.m. - or -
  Tuesday, May 11 at 7 p.m.
  Rincon Valley Regional Library
  
  
• Tuesday, May 11 at 2:30 p.m.
  Windsor Regional Library
  
  
• Thursday, May 13 at 12:30 p.m.
  Guerneville Regional Library
  
  

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Our thanks to the Sonoma County Public Library Foundation for their sponsorship of the annual Sonoma County Reads / Big Read program.

This event is part of The Big Read,
an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts
in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest.