Favorite children's author and illustrator Todd Parr will be at Almaden Branch Library this Saturday, April 21, at 3:30 PM as part of the Silicon Valley Reads program.

So save the date and tell your friends!

Todd — author of It's OK To Be Different — will talk and draw for young children and families, and there will be a book signing afterward.

FREE copies of It's OK To Be Different will be distributed at this event, compliments of First 5 Santa Clara County. One book per family. Quantities are limited.

Don't miss it.

Please join us for an eye-opening talk and Q&A from award-winning Afghan-American journalist Fariba Nawa on Tuesday, April 26, at 6:30 PM in the Almaden Branch Library Program Room.

Fariba will focus her talk on the cultural, religious, and economic influences between modern-day Iran and Afghanistan. Fariba will then answer your questions about these two countries.

Fariba lived in Afghanistan as a child, during the Taliban and post-Taliban years, and has a wealth of information to share with us. Her book Opium Nation: One Woman's Journey Home to Afghanistan is scheduled to be released by Harper Collins later in 2011.

Please join us for an eye-opening talk and Q&A from award-winning Afghan-American journalist Fariba Nawa on Tuesday, April 26, at 6:30 PM in the Almaden Branch Library Program Room.

Fariba will focus her talk on the cultural, religious, and economic influences between modern-day Iran and Afghanistan. Fariba will then answer your questions about these two countries.

Fariba lived in Afghanistan as a child, during the Taliban and post-Taliban years, and has a wealth of information to share with us. Her book Opium Nation: One Woman's Journey Home to Afghanistan is scheduled to be released by Harper Collins later in 2011.

The Silicon Valley Reads 2011 selected novel is The Year of Fog by award-winning Bay Area author, Michelle Richmond.

Meet Michelle at a free author talk and book signing on Saturday, March 26, at 3:00-4:00 PM in the Community Room of Almaden Library and Community Center.

The Year of Fog “follows the journey of a young woman through the mysteries of memory and guilt after her fiance's six-year-old daughter disappears while in her care.” Michelle’s book will be on sale at the author visit, which is co-sponsored by the Friends of Almaden Library.

The Silicon Valley Reads 2011 selected novel is The Year of Fog by award-winning Bay Area author, Michelle Richmond.

You are warmly invited to meet Michelle at a free author talk and book signing on Saturday, March 26, at 3:00-4:00 PM in the Community Room of Almaden Library and Community Center.

The Year of Fog “follows the journey of a young woman through the mysteries of memory and guilt after her fiance's six-year-old daughter disappears while in her care.” Michelle’s book will be on sale at the author visit, which is co-sponsored by the Friends of Almaden Library.

Every year Silicon Valley residents have the opportunity to read the same book and come together to discuss it and participate in a variety of programs on topics related to it. Silicon Valley Reads programs take place in libraries and other venues throughout the county.

Silicon Valley Reads is presented annually by Santa Clara County Library, Santa Clara County Office of Education, and San Jose Public Library Foundation with funding from community groups, corporate and individuals donors including, in 2011, the Cupertino Library Foundation and the Michael and Alyce Parsons Foundation.

A walk on foggy Ocean Beach in San Francisco is the starting point for the page-turner novel selected for Silicon Valley Reads 2011.  The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond follows the journey of a young woman through the mysteries of memory and guilt after her fiance's six-year-old daughter disappears while in her care. 

Author, Michelle Richmond will talk about her book at the Evergreen Library on Wednesday, February 2nd at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room. She will be on hand after the event to autograph her book.