this large blue box with a lite green frame on a tree stump isn't part of the Little Free Library…read more"system" as it's labeled as "Alice St. Little Library". nevertheless, it's a great addition as there are zero libraries in the surrounding communities. it's on the corner of Alice & 17th St. in front of large apartment. there's nonfiction , fiction, and a single children's book. read: "Xia Yue Le/It's Raining!" (J FiC) all in chinese, -a beginning reader for Chinese readers with simple illustrations. -story revolves around a pond in the open spaces where wild animals (lion, elephant, cows, giraffes, birds, monkeys, ducks go to drink water. -they don't equally share, the bigger animals have primary access. -when the puddle evaporates, rain water replenishes it. -the pics are self-explanatory, knowing a few Chinese words helps a lot.

LFLs are such a gem wherever they pop up! This one especially as Lakeside and surrounding 'hoods…read more(Uptown Oakland & Chinatown) seem to be strangely devoid of them. It could be that I wasn't looking hard enough as well... This is an unofficial Little Free Library, meaning it's not registered thus it won't show up on the official site: https://littlefreelibrary.org That said, that doesn't matter to the average Joe, as its "offering" is exactly the same: piles & piles of books! Classics, some obscure literary choices, exam books & anything that someone wants to part with. The more the better. Major kudos to the individuals who conceived this blue-colored LFL from scratch, and situated it on an underutilized tree stump. It offers a wonderful pulse of the community!

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.

the 2 libraries (#20859) are identical in design but vary in sizing. there's a daddy one with…read morefiction and nonfiction books and a baby one with children's books. read: "The Old Man and the Sea" (Ernest Hemingway) -short novel of old Cuban fisherman Santiago who didn't catch any fish for 84 days. on the 85th day, he decided to go further out to sea. -he finally got a big one but couldn't reel the 1500 pound fish in. instead, the marlin pull him for almost 2 days out to sea. -finally the marlin surfaced, was harpooned, was fastened to skiff's side. a small dolphin was also caught, sliced up for food. -after 3 shark attacks, the big fish was mostly eaten. all the old man had left when he returned to port was the skeletal remains of the marlin. *the year after the release of this novel, Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for literature.

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 lite green & white library (#112646) is full of fiction and nonfiction books…read more there's some pamphlet and a few children's books reads: "Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets" (Dav Pilkey) *George and Harold are 2 elementary boys who loved to prank people. they were punished for it. they found other ways ala sabotaging other students' exhibits at the science fair. -to avoid further trouble, they instead began writing about their favorite superhero: Captain Underpants who is the alter ego of their principal-Mr. Krupp. he was triggered to transform to an hero at a snap of a finger. -the tale is funny, has random mayhem, is totally illogical which appeals to young people (mainly boys?) with an active imagination. -there are many "books" in this series distributed by scholastic books. -hearsay there are cartoons or some form of video featuring Captain Underpants.

this browish book shelf was nearly bare. less than 10 titles of children's books, non fictions. not…read moresure if people are just taking and not contributing. or people not contributing period. the streets in the san antionio district are in disrepair. it's not only bumpy, but they may be potholes lurking.....

this totally white library is named "Lower Bottoms Mini Library". per it's name. there's just a few…read morenonfiction and children's books within., read: "The Color Purple" (Alice Walker) -book is written in epistolary style: i.e. all written in letters from Celie to God & her sister Nettie and her replies back. -Celie is the main character. at an young age she was the subject of rape by her father. 2 children therefrom eventually disappeared. -al Black women in the book are initially mistreated by society in general and by men specifically. -when the women began helping each other, their collective futures prospered. sisterhood & feminism is an evolving theme. -at the novel's end, Celie was reunited with her sister & 2 children as well.

this old fashioned white little library (#143662) looks grayish in real time. it has a mix of…read morenonfiction and fiction books, a few children books. it's an old style 2 level affair. it's located a street awau from fairway. address looks strange. reads: "They Called Us Enemy" (George Takei) -it's a graphic memoir George Takei who is known for his role as of Sulu in "Star Trek". -story starts with his childhood involuntary incarceration with over 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans in 10 concentration camps thruout the arid deserts in the US. -his crime was being Japanese in an aura of anti-Japan/anti-Asian animus. the Japanese were hated for being too efficient in farming and occuping valuable farmland. competitors and the government salivated at seizing their land and property for pennies. *this is comparable to the Tulsa race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma during 1921 when city officials wiped out black wall street in greenwood for being too self-sufficient and competing with white businesses. heroics of the 442nd "go for broke" all-Japanese regiment with the highest casualty rate in WW2 is also mentioned.. Takei has done countless acting bits before being Sulu and many voices & acting gigs since. he's very talented, active in civil rights, community affaris & many artistic endeavors... in 1992, U.S. government legislation passed stating the it's actions in WW2 was based on "racial prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership", a presidential apology was given and reparation of $20,000 was given to each surviving 82,219 Japanese Americans who had been interned. *actually got "Charlie Chan is missing", an Asian American anthology here. Takei book is from regular library. May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Yellow book box (#16105) has white sides and a tiled roof. contains a broad diversity of books…read more book box is made from leftover wood, supplies. reads: "America's Concentration Camps" (Allan Bosworth) intro to book: "..In winter ('42)...hundred thousand Americans were quietly taken from their West Coast homes, their land, their businesses, and placed in concentration camps in remote sections of the West.. reason: National Security." -not one evidence of espionage, sabotege has been credibly found in Hawaii or the mainland. -camps were guarded by guard towers. camp surrounded by barb wire, some camps lacked running water, uninhabitable. -entire families housed in one room locations of concentration camps: -Manzanar, Tule Lake, Ca. -Poston, Gila River, Az. -Granada, Co. -Heart Mountain, Wy. -Minidoka, IA. -Topaz, UT -Jerome, Rohwer, Ak.