Bookmobile News

The Free Bookmobile crew was thrilled to attend the Cesar Chavez Health Fair at Roseland Elementary School yesterday. We had a great spot up front and it didn’t take any coaxing to get the children to come see what we had on offer. In addition to our usual rolling carts and the Kids Klub inside the trailer, a couple of big tables displayed our Scholastic-style books (without spines) for all to browse. These were a huge hit. The adults, too, were finding lots to get excited about on the shelves. After four hours we had given away over one thousand books! This was easily our biggest event to date and we celebrated by driving to Cotati to give away more books. Good thing we loaded up the Suburban with lots of extras.

Though most of the Latino children selected books in english, our small supply of Spanish titles proved very popular as well. We continue to search out steady sources for these, especially for monolingual adults, and would greatly appreciate any leads. Do you know where we might pick up free Spanish-language books?

Many thanks to Kristen Mowers and the entire CalServes organization for a wonderfully organized Fair. There was lots to see and learn about, and Edgerrin and Sylvan (the Weaver Boys!) had a great time cruising around during their breaks from helping people at the ‘mobile. We look forward to joining this wonderful community event again next year.