Reading "The Grapes of Wrath"

Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
605 N. El Dorado Street
Stockton, CA 95202
209/937-8364

Contact Person
Patty Wong
Deputy Director of Library Services

	September 15 Sunday newspaper feature Article by reporter Howard Lachtman in "The Record," Stockton's daily newspaper, featuring Grapes of Wrath and California Reads. This will be a Sunday feature.
	September 15-22 San Joaquin Reads Week This week features reading activities throughout San Joaquin County.
	September 16, 7 pm California Reads Kickoff Barnes and Noble in Stockton and Tracy feature a kickoff for California Reads: Grapes of Wrath, featuring the local discussion leaders. All those who purchase copies will receive a 20% discount.
	September 21, all day Family Day in the Park California Reads: Grapes of Wrath will be highlighted at the booths of the Library and Literacy Foundation of San Joaquin and the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library. The event is frequented by upwards of 10,000 people.
	Thursday, October 10, 7 pm Grapes of Wrath" film screening Troke Branch Library will host a showing of the 1940 film, directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda as Tom Joad. The film vividly portrays the forced exodus of the Joads from Oklahoma as a resulf of the Depression and the Dust Bow -- and their struggles in the "promised land" of California as migrant farm laborers. The film chronicles the Joad family's journey to seek a better life in the face of discrimination and exploitation. Troke Branch Library 502 W. Benjamin Holt Stockton, 209/937-7000
	October 17, 7 pm "Grapes of Wrath" book discussion Sally Miller, University of Pacific professor in California immigration history, will lead the discussion. Troke Branch Library 502 W. Benjamin Holt Stockton, 209/937-7000
	Thursday, October 24, 7 pm Book discussion with Andrew Ysiano Mr. Andrew Ysiano, publisher and Chief Executive Officer of Latino Times bimontly newspaper, will focus on "The Grapes of Wrath" and its implications and relationship to current immigration activity with particular emphasis on the Mexican-American experience. Cesar Stewart-Hazelton Room, Chavez Central Library.605 N. El Dorado Street, Stockton
"Grapes of Wrath" book discussions and film screenings will also take place at libraries in Manteca and Tracy. Check with those libraries for information.