This brown little library (#64694) has a small selection of children's. fiction, & nonfiction…read morebooks. reads: : "The boxcar children:Houseboat Mystery" (gertrude chandler warner). the boxcar children (henry, jessie, violet,& benny) have moved into an housboat in a small town. they noted with curiousity how seemngly random facts seem related: -why was a horse looking so thin, malnourished? -why a man was being extorted $$? what secret was he trying to hide? -why was a vase stolen from an auction? is the strange behavior of a boy who bought a box of clothes related? -a missing clock. discovering the stolen vase in their houseboat. is the "break-in of their houseboat related? -is the mysterious black car with 2 men part of the puzzle? -the adults in the story soon find a connection with random facts that stood out. *story may be simplistic, geared for young readers,. in a small town, it wasn't "rocket science".

this large blue and white framed library (#90076) is located in front of the Monument Crisis…read moreCenter, design is unique. inside is mostly children's book in english & spanish. reads: "Esperanza Rising" (Pam Munoz Ryan) *novel is a fictionalized version of her grandmother's experience living in Mexico, then moving to the U.S. it describes an immigrant's trials & tribulations. -when wealthy Papa is murdered by bandits in Mexica, Experanza's mom declines to marry a "corrupt" uncle banker. he wanted her status so he could attain political office. -Mom's entourage escaped secretly to California. mom subsequently get's sick from valley fever, then influenza. -Experanza ,while still a minor, decides to do manual labor to support the family. -Grandma is also smuggled out of Mexico a year later, re-uniting the family.

this yellow library with black box has tiny xmas lites attached around it. small & medium sized…read morebooks, mostly fiction. some children's books. reads. "Escape From Freedom" (Erich Fromm) -the rise of market capitalism leaves the worker with freedom that isn't easily attainable. rather than pursuing it individually, the worker entrusts the task to the prevailing political wind. -after Nazism achieved political power. Germans, not wanting to be left out when other political parties were abolished, acquiesced to Nazi policies, going with a winner. -Nazism appealed to the lower middle class who were resentful, hateful of the petty bourgeois, loved the strong, hated the weak. they were petty, hostile, suspected and hated the stranger. to avoid Nazism, Fromm advises democracies to allow citizens to think/act independently in a freer society.

A little free library for jigsaw puzzles. Bring one, take one. Or bring several as I did. This…read moreis such a wonderful addition to the neighborhood, especially as more and more people are taking up working on jigsaw puzzles due to the pandemic. Obviously it's an ever changing selection but the day I stopped by there were boxed puzzles in all sizes. Some people will mark if the puzzle is complete or how many pieces are missing. I dropped off some brand new unopened boxes, so get them while you can.

Wow what a pleasant surprise!…read more On a busy street in Benicia is one of the more cute little free library boxes I've seen. There's even a little faux white picket fence on the side which makes it especially cute. It's very well-maintained, and appears to be mostly wood with perhaps some vinyl. The day that I visited it was well stocked with both soft covers and hard covers. This street is one of the more cute streets in town. Check out the fun lawn ornaments at the house next door.

It couldn't be more visible or charming to find this newer Little Free Library in its permanent…read morespot in front of the Painted Lady at the top of "Postcard Row" on Alamo Square. I see the owners lovingly tarp the Little Free Library when rain's expected so books don't get wet and damaged. Tourists linger not only to take a photo in front of this restored Victorian home but often take a book to read on their travels. A kind and thoughtful addition to Alamo Square.

Free mini library in lower haight. Take a book or leave a book. It's well maintained. This is one…read moreof many free library boxes around San Francisco. On the front of the box is a website to learn more.

this futuristic, multicolored striped library (#108749) has a small payload of children's and…read morefiction books. read: "For the Love of the Game:Michael Jordan and Me" (Eloise Greenfield) with illustrations. -dazzling drawings of Michael Jordan (by Jan Spivey Gilchrist) making remarkable, near impossible shots with accompanying prose. -for fans of Jordan and hoops, maybe this book will encourage young people to read more... -i glance at it for a day, brought it back, it was gone days later..

this brownish library (#78975) has white framed transparent windows. library has a variety of…read morechildren's and fiction books. read: "Drawn Together" (Minh Le/Dan Santat) 17.99 *this pricey pictorial by Disney has stunning graphics, little text. unknown how long it can hold attention span of a young person. -story evolves about an American born youngster and his Vietnamese grandfather. -one spoke English, the other Vietnamese. for years, they couldn't relate. -one day, the youth randomly draw a pic of himself as a wizard, in response, grandfather drew himself as a warrior. -instantly, a bond was formed. in future visits, they drew pictorials to communicate.....they were both exquisite artists....

this black library (#109928) with white squares framing the glass, has a small selection of…read morevarious fiction books. read: "The Crazed" (Ha Jin) *novel can be viewed as an allegory of contemporary China -story starts with Professor Yang, a respected literature scholar in a Chinese university, suffering a stroke, is confined to an hospital bed. -his student Jian Wan & prospective son-in-law is assigned by party officials to attend to him. Wan knows it will detract from his studies for the coming state exams but he can't refuse. he wonders why him? -Jian is startled to find Professor Yang talking while unconscious about a range of subjects, regarding himself, his colleagues & Wan. -Wan doesn't relate the news to many. nevertheless, he starts to connect the rants, misses his girl friend's duplicity, and his superiors scheme to derail his job prospects & chances to pass the state exams. -when the students protested at Tianamen Square, Wan & other sympathetic persons were ordered to be arrested.