Little Bee Invades Santa Monica

Chris Cleave (third from left), author of Little Bee: A Novel (Simon and Schuster, 2009), joins local librarians during the February 20 kickoff of Santa Monica Citywide Reads 2010, the eighth annual One City One Book program at Santa Monica (Calif.) Public Library. Free public book discussions of Little Bee will be held throughout the city through March 13. Joining Cleave are (from left): librarians Judith Graham, Robert Graves, Nancy Bender; and principal librarian Susan Annett.