Wow - sounds like a great trip!! I've always loved to read and going to the library when I was a kid was such a treat!! And we were lucky to have a nice library for a small town.
I definitely have some paperbacks I can donate.
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> First stop: Feather Falls, CA
> i can't find the population listed anywhere [quickly, at any rate] but
> . . . we drove for almost an hour, east out of Oroville. at least
> it's "generally" east. with all those switchbacks, etc, i'd be
> guessing if it wasn't for the map. "town" consists of a post office
> smaller than my living room, a "market" about the same size, and the
> elementary [K-8] school. each grade has 5-6 children. each classroom
> has two grade levels. GORGEOUS scenery. very strange area. homes look
> to be on multiple acres. they have either NO fences at all, or 6-8ft
> fences topped with barbed wire. and signs that say things like "If
> you weren't invited, you don't belong here." and the police
> helicopters went overhead two or three times. but it was a LOT of > fun! >
> Second stop: Richvale, CA
> population: 250.
> back down over the mountains to the OTHER side of Oroville, and out
> west into farm country. rice farms. that school was closed today, for
> some reason, and no one had let us know. somewhat larger school tho. >
> Last Stop: Springville School.
> back to Oroville, and about half-way between Oroville and Paradise.
> where i accepted applications from 15-20 kindergartners for their very
> first library cards, and with the completed applications, they were
> allowed to take home one book each. such CUTIES!
>
> Tuesday was the Senior Retirement Center. and while we are there, we
> are also visited by a DayCare center.
>
> and, of course, they are always desperate for books.
> so - IF you have books in good condition that you would like to donate
> to the Bookmobile, you can send them to me and i will take them to the
> bookmobile. i'm going to go through my "i'm not going to keep these"
> and make up a box to take with me the next time i go.
>
> and, each of the Butte County libraries is going to set up a "wish
> list" on Amazon.com. Books 'n' Bytes will be hosting a page with
> their "wish list" links, so that anyone who wants to can simply
> purchase one of the requested books and have it shipped directly to
> the library. The Bookmobile will have it's own list, too.
>
> i'm also working on how people can access the library online and
> "request" books and we can take them out on our next run. it floors
> me that the once-a-month Bookmobile run is the only library access
> these kids have - that's why they are on the list. they don't have a
> school library of their own, and they are far enough away from any of
> the public libraries that getting to one is not something likely to
> happen. today was a real eye-opener. and i'm glad i signed up!
>
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