Families

  • Ratatouille

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  • Gallery+Studio: Thinking GIANT

    Amalia Mesa-Bains’s Cihuatlampa installation envisions “the Place of the Giant Women,” a kind of heroic recognition based on Mexican mythology. Richly ornate garments hanging from the ceiling suggest what these larger-than-life women—the Cihuateteo—might wear.

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  • Gallery+Studio: A Book of Us

    Inspired by the personal, family, and community memories written and illustrated in Amalia Mesa-Bains’s handmade books, Family Agricultural Book and Ancient History Book, make a folding book of memories and ideas drawn from your own personal and family history.

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  • Roundtable Reading: Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas

    In this graphic novel, Bree can’t wait for her first day at Enith Brigitha Middle School, home of the Mighty Manatees—until she gets stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101.

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  • Roundtable Reading: Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great by Judy Blume

    Sheila Tubman sometimes wonders who she really is: the outgoing, witty, and capable Sheila the Great, or the secret Sheila, who’s afraid of the dark, spiders, swimming, and dogs. When her family spends the summer in Tarrytown, Sheila has to face some of her worst fears.

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  • Livestream: Berkeley Peregrine Falcon Hatch Day

    Hatch Day returns! The Bay Area’s most famous falcons—Annie and Lou—are once again nesting in UC Berkeley’s Campanile, and if expert predictions are correct, they’ll be welcoming four new chicks into their family on Tuesday, April 11.

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  • Roundtable Reading: Join the Club Maggie Diaz by Nina Moreno

    All of Maggie Diaz’s friends seem to be finding their true passions. Zoey and Julian are suddenly too busy with band and comics club to hang out after school. Mom is finishing her last semester in college, and Maggie’s older sister, Caro, is super perfect at sports and tutoring.

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  • Roundtable Reading: Clean Getaway by Nic Stone

    How to go on an unplanned road trip with Grandma: Grab your suitcase. Fasten your seatbelt! G’ma’s never been conventional, so this trip won’t be either. Bring the Green Book—G’ma’s most treasured possession. It holds history, memories, and most importantly, the way home.

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  • ¡Roundtable Reading Bilingüe! La lección de August / Wonder by R. J. Palacio

    “I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.” August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school.

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  • Gallery+Studio: Cabinet of Memories

    Amalia Mesa-Bains makes many kinds of work with objects she collects, including photographs that are important to her. Some of her work is assemblage art, which is like three-dimensional collage.

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