September 2015

There were 6 posts published in September 2015 (this is page 1 of 1).

Book Donations for a “Library on a Cart”?

Hello neighbors!

One of our former Adams Hill neighbors, who now lives in North Glendale, is a special education teacher at a school located in a “book desert.” She’s asked many of her friends for some help, and in addition to a few books of my own, I thought others here might have something for her as well.

Hey friends. Trying to build a “Library on a Cart” at the school where I teach and was wondering if anyone has any middle-school aged appropriate books they might care to donate? These kiddos are truly special and have VERY limited access to books. I brought a few of our old “Big Nate” books to share and it was like my students had won the lottery! Such a great thing to share literacy opportunities.

I asked her more about what specifically might help and she replied:

I’ve been able to supply 6th grade with some goofy, popular titles including ” Captain Underpants” and the ” I Funny” series but I don’t have much that targets young girls right now. The Rick Riodan series and Warrior Cats books have been specifically requested. Oh, some reading levels are pretty low so EL titles would be great too.

If you’ve got anything at these reading levels or genres that might go towards helping out others, we’re happy to collect them and pass them along on your behalf.  Just leave them in Little Free Library #8424 with a note that they’re for the “Library on a Cart”, and we’ll make sure they find their new home.

A Whole New Shelf

Since we’ve opened, it’s been a bit difficult to see and sort through all of the books in our library. For a while we’ve had a temporary pseudo-shelf, but we’ve upgraded.

To help make things a bit more efficient and easier to see, we’ve added a small internal shelf. Now the upper part of the library, which usually has two rows of books, raises the second row up a bit. Hopefully it’s easier to see what’s back there without having to dig half the library out to find your next favorite read. It also allows us to fit in a few more books.

Today’s Books: September 19, 2015

We had a nice cache of books donated this week and a few of the most popular titles have been checked out again. (Thanks Arlene for the huge donation of fiction on Tuesday!)

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Rain?! Then Pat Conroy and Matthew Thomas

In a rare event, it’s raining outside right now, but (depending on how big a fan you are) when the rain subsides, there are copies of Pat Conroy’s Beach Music and Matthew Thomas’s We Are Not Ourselves have returned and are waiting in the library for you.

 

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102 Degrees out!? No Problem… We’re on Periscope

It’s literally so blazing hot out today, I nearly burned my finger trying to open up the Little Free Library. (Be careful please!)

To help people from needing to walk up the hill in the hot sun, I went outside for two minutes, “fired up” Periscope and made a quick video of what’s in the box today. Sorry for the poor quality in places, but apparently the wifi doesn’t reach all the way out to the curb, but at least it’s better than sweating to death to see what’s new today.

For ease of use, download the Periscope app and add user @lfl8424. This will also allow you to get notifications of live broadcasts. Isn’t technology great?

Labor Day + Books = A Real Vacation

Happy Labor Day everyone!

Not sure what to do before (or after) that end-of-the-summer BBQ party?  Why not stop by the library and pick up something to read at the end of the long weekend? Public libraries may be closed today, but our library is open 24/7.

Here’s what’s currently on the bookshelf: GoodReads Bookshelf for LFL #8424

We’ve also got a handful of recent popular magazines including Time, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, and Golf among several others.

If you’re starting to do your Autumn cleaning and run across a few good books that you don’t need anymore, please consider donating them so your friends and neighbors can give them a second life.

Enjoy what’s left of the long holiday.