One Book, One San Diego

One Book, One San Diego promises to be an exciting program in 2020. This article answers common questions about the program. Contact Margo Porras at mporras@kpbs.org with further questions.

KPBS and the San Diego Children's Discovery Museum partnered to host a special One Book for Kids event for local children. The festivities included a short presentation by the authors of "Armando and the Blue Tarp School," who explained how the book is based on the true story of David Lynch and the school he created on a blue tarp, by the Tijuana city dump.

Each year, the Friends of the San Diego Public Library inviting all fourth, eighth and tenth graders in San Diego to submit essays addressing a number of literary-based prompts. Entries are judged by a panel and could win up to a $500 grand prize. Read on for more information and download an application.

Read about the 2021 One Book, One San Diego selections.

"Molokai" by Alan Brennert is a One Book, One San Diego selection which tells the story of how people diagnosed with leprosy survived in a colony on the Hawaiian island.

An interview with Karen Krasne, owner of Extraordinary Desserts, and author of the new cookbook, "Extraordinary Cakes."

An Interview with Zohreh Ghahremani, author of the novel, "Sky of Red Poppies," a 2012 One Book One San Diego selection.

This year's special One Book, One San Diego program, highlighting three books instead of one, can launch you on a reading marathon! And you won't be alone if you sign up for the 50/50 challenge, to read 50 books and watch 50 films in 2012.

Luis Urrea wrote about his distant Aunt Teresa in the best-selling novel "The Hummingbird's Daughter." His new book, "The Queen of America," continues her saga, this time as a faith healer in the United States.

Review of Zohreh Ghahremani's book, Sky of Red Poppies