New Year

Hi Bookies:

One of my friend's daughter is another crazy reader who blogs about her reads.  Here is Tanya Cothran's list (remarkably detailed & interesting) of 2014 reads: Tanya's 2014 Book List!

Happy Reading!

Remember These?

We have a connection with the Friendly Park LFL which results in books going back and forth. There was a set of old school library books donated to Whitty-Storeys, I bet a few of us can remember these cards:

Kid Books

Hi Library friends:

Our collection of Kids books is dwindling.  I've noticed that many families are making the Whitty-Storeys library box a destination for evening and weekend walks.  We recently had the following comment in the library log:

"Passing by and had to stop.  This is the most beautiful little library we've ever seen."

Keep your eye out for bargain kids books, garage sales, sitting around in boxes, we'll take all sorts. Thanks again for your support and help.

Nice touch

Some library angels touched the back of the box.  Check it out, it's quite nice.

Words - Art

 It's been a hectic summer between work travel interspersed with some good ol' fun.  Here is a sampling of kind comments that have floated through the box and some art snipits as well.  I sent out a call for our second poem in the poetry box and had three suggestions which just happen to fit back to back on one sheet.  No blowing the secret here, you'll have to hit the box to see what poems have arrived.  S

Dreamy...

Mily approves

Kind Words

Kind Words II

Poetry Box

My friend Desmond recently shared one of Pablo Neruda's odes with me, namely his "Ode to the Book."  This poem was the perfect kick in the pants to get motivated to build a poetry box.  Like a little free library poetry boxes are all about sharing poetry that you enjoy with others.  One picks a poem, prints out some copies (I printed 20 of Neruda's) and when they're gone repeat the process.

I was talking with a neighbor last night and our plan is to have everyone contribute poems.  So once the Neruda Ode to the Book poems are gone it's another person's turn to pick, print and share a poem.  Make sense?  Another fun way to play with words.  We also put the magnetic poetry boards back up on the library box.  They're now located on the sides of the box so folks may see them a bit better.

Enjoy, Stephen

Summer Stuff

Wowza Yowza!  While we were off vacationing all sorts of things happened around the box.  First off we got stuffed.  Stuffed in a good way with an assortment of kids books from one of our new neighbors.  Thanks to Shadiin & Gabe for such cool kid additions to the collection.  Check out the lower shelf which is bursting with goodies:

We also had a bit of local press from the Register Guard. Randi Bjornstad emailed and asked to come visit. Her email coincided with our neighborhood library walk and Randi wrote an excellent piece featured in the Sunday Lifestyle section of the R-G on June 22nd. A very nice piece covering our library and others around town with a nice shout out to the national movement. So Summer's here and go find some books! Lots of fun stuff in the box, I actually pulled some books out and we had a twenty-five volume set of Harvard Classics donated to trickle out into the circulation. Find a beach, read a book, thanks to all for the fun times.

Stone Age Selfies?

Beachcomber?