By Karen Butter, FAL president I am pleased to introduce three new Friends of the Alameda Free Library Board members. They are all passionate about libraries and bring unique skills to the Board. Doris Ung has been a member of … Read More
Long time library supporter Carl Halpern passed away on June 15 after many years of declining health. Carl was raised on the East coast and after graduation joined the Peace Corps and taught mathematics in Tanzania. Upon his return he … Read More
What are your earliest memories of reading and books? Because we moved frequently when I was young, criss-crossing the country by car, I always carried stacks of books with me, even before I could read the words. I would “read” … Read More
What are your earliest memories of reading and books? My parents and grandparents read to me as a child, and as I grew older, they took me on weekly trips to the Alameda Children’s Library to check out books. To … Read More
What are your earliest memories of reading and books? I grew up in Quincy, California, and I think the first book I really read was from the Plumas County Library: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol. I was about in … Read More
What are your earliest memories of reading and books? I remember my mother reading Robert Louis Stevenson poems from his collection, “A Child’s Garden of Verses” to me at the age of four. I enjoyed hearing “The Swing”, “The Land … Read More
What are your earliest memories of reading and books? Our local library in our small Georgia town had a summer reading program every year. By the time I was 7 or 8, I had read all of the children’s books … Read More
Born and raised in San Francisco, Peg has been an avid reader as long as she can remember. “I discovered the Friends semi-annual book sales after my family moved to Alameda in 1998. Attending and buying during those sales immediately … Read More
Meet FAL Board Member Honora Murphy What are your earliest memories of reading and books? My parents and siblings were great readers, and I followed their lead. Do you enjoy “actual” books? Ebooks? Both? I love the feel and smell … Read More
Meet 2017 FAL Board Member Luzanne Engh What are your earliest connections to libraries? My appreciation for libraries began in junior high school when I joined the Library Club. As club members we read and reported on all new books … Read More