Are you still chasing the feeling of your school’s annual book fair? Nostalgic for bendy pencils, scented markers, and novelty erasers? Come feel like a kid again at our Out of School Adult Book Fair!
We’ll offer free trinkets and books that bring meld nostalgia with adult interests! We’ll have games and crafts set up for a fun time together!
For adults, 18 and over
Bob Lucas Memorial Library & Literacy Center
Our library serves an ethnically-diverse community of disaster survivors, most of whom lost everything. They are well worth supporting. – www.altadenalibrary.org
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‘joy doesn’t have to wait until the hard stuff is over.
it can exist in simple, ordinary moments alongside the mess.
joy isn’t a reward for overcoming pain;
it is the practice that helps us get through it.’
-lori deschene
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That book fair sounds like a brilliant idea. Adults revisiting the nostalgic school book fair moments… ☺️
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yes, most people loved them, and this is a great community fundraiser
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Indeed! 👍
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A very beautiful idea.
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i agree
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💗💗💗
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That’s a great thing to do, and I hope that it was well-attended.
Best wishes, Pete.
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i agree, pete
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What fun! Such a great idea!
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What a lovely idea.
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so clever
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Very Beth.
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Oh, I love a good old book fair, Beth
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so fun at any age
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I love this brilliant idea! This is nostalgia I can get behind. I remember those Scholastic book fairs so well. The first book I ever bought was How to Eat Fried Worms!
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yes, they were so fun, i attended as a child and later as a teacher. everyone loved it. love your book choice –
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this is wonderful, Beth : it is he heartbeat of community; helping others just get by in hard times then guiding and supporting them towards a better future ; the book fair sounds like fun :)
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yes, to all of this
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Libraries are just the BEST things a community can have. We need NOT to keep losing them. I hope this idea brought a few moments of happiness to many who could take part.
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yes, absolutely
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Amen, sister!
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This is wonderful in every sense (scents) of the word!
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it really is, love the pun
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What a great idea! 📚
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i agree –
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Terrific that you shared a link for those in Altadena: it’s a more working class neighborhood near affluent Pasadena, and it did NOT get the same level of coverage as the upscale Pacific Palisades or Malibu did…bravo
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i’m glad they did this –
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when i was growing up, my school never had a book fair but they sound as if they were fun. and the adult version sounds splendid as well
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yes-
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Wonderful. The Altadena fire came within a mile of very close friends.
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that must have been terrifying for them –
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Every library should take this idea and run with it. I would go. I didn’t have book fairs as a child. But, as an adult, I volunteered at them in my kids’ elementary school.
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i loved them and we had them at my school when i was a teacher. bonus is what they’re raising money for
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Love this! 😉❤️😉
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What fun! My schools never had book fairs. 😥
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i used to love to go. both as a student and a teacher
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Such a fun idea!
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Great find, Beth. I’ve never heard of this idea.
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i love the idea and love that they’re doing it to raise money for the community
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How wonderful is that? I’m sure it was a great success.
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What a delightful idea!
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Brilliant!
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