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Menlo Park Library highlights One Book, One Coast community read and related programming
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Librarian Rose Blockman outlined Menlo Park’s participation in One Book, One Coast, featuring graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy, distributed copies and e-book access, and two months of programs on Japanese American history; staff said school distribution is possible depending on pickup rates.
Menlo Park’s Library Commission heard a presentation on April 20 about the city’s participation in One Book, One Coast, a multi-region community-read program that staff say is drawing participation from libraries across California, Oregon and Washington.
Rose Blockman, Library and Community Services supervisor, said the chosen title for the regional read is the graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy and that Menlo Park is offering free copies while supplies last, providing unlimited e-book access via Libby and Comics Plus and hosting…
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