Did you know that August 9th is National Book Lovers Day? Our library has a large selection of new books. Come in and check 'em out! Show your love for books and our library by joining or renewing your membership to the Friends of the South Pasadena Library! Click on the link below to join or renew.

Karen Sima

Membership Chair

National Book Lovers Day

National Book Lovers Day is celebrated on August 9th every year. It is an unofficial holiday to encourage us to put away our smartphones and celebrate reading and literature. Observing and celebrating National Book Lovers Day can happen in a variety of ways, all revolving around books and reading!

How to Celebrate National Book Lovers Day:

1. Dive into a book!
2. Visit a local library and become a member.
3. Gather a few friends and start a National Book Lovers Day club or organize an event at work celebrating a favorite author.
4. Gift books to friends and family.
5. Watch a book adaptation such as Lord of the Rings, Sense and Sensibility, To Kill a Mockingbird, or Winnie the Pooh.
6. Donate a book to the South Pasadena Friends of the Public Library or your local library bookstore.

But no matter the preference, whether choosing to read at home with a cup of tea, share ideas with friends and family, or visit your local library, enjoy your reading on National Book Lovers Day!

Thank You for Making Our Summer Reading Program a Success!

IMAGE BY SOUTH PASADENA PUBLIC LIBRARY

Here are a few highlights from the Summer Reading Program! A full report with more details will follow in the September Newsletter.

We had a total of 1910 participants with over 1,200,000 minutes read!

A big THANK YOU to our sponsors and members of the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library.

SRP prizes can still be claimed until August 31st!

The Friends of the Library Bookstore’s August Silent Auction features several historical books about California which were part of a large donation received from the estate of a respected local collector.

O California, Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century California Landscapes and Observations is a lovely book from this collection. It features 109 landscapes from the earliest artists to the 1930s. The visual material is matched with literary passages from writers, artists, naturalists, settlers, and Native Americans.

A vintage book being offered this month is Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine. Bradbury lived in Southern California for more than 75 years and in his later years, many of his plays were performed at South Pasadena’s own Fremont Center Theatre. Published in 1957, Dandelion Wine stands out in the Bradbury literary canon as the author's most deeply personal work, a semi-autobiographical recollection of a magical small-town summer in 1928.

The following auction items will be on view at the South Pasadena Public Library in a glass case with numbered bidding cards displayed on top. Winning bidders will be notified by telephone at the end of the auction. Click on the link below to view a catalog containing details and images of all the books available for bidding.

Restoration Concert Tickets On Sale Now!

The 2023-2024 Restoration Concerts season tickets are on sale now! The eight-concert series are priced at $136 and will begin on September 24th. Scan the QR Code or click the picture above to purchase. Check out the scheduled concerts below!

Checks may also be sent to Restoration Concerts, Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library, 1100 Oxley Street, South Pasadena, CA 91030. Individual tickets can be purchased at the door for $25 each. Follow the link below to find out more information about the concert series and to purchase tickets.

The Friends Bookstore on the second floor of the Library is open during Bookstore hours, and the Last Chance Book Sale on the first floor is open during Library Hours. The Bookstore is now accepting credit cards for payments over $10. 

LIBRARY HOURS

Monday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Tuesday-Thursday: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Friday-Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Sunday: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

BOOKSTORE HOURS

Monday: Closed

Tuesday-Thursday: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Friday: 11:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Saturday: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Sunday: Closed

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