First Book Sale of 2021!
Join us on Saturday, May 1, 2021 for an outdoor book sale from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. The sale will take place in the library parking lot at 240 N. 9th Street in Grover Beach, just north of the post office and next to Ramona Park. Not only is this our first book sale of...
“Just You and Me”
“Just You and Me” written by P. Taylor Copeland and illustrated by Suzi Bliss Kyle Listen to the story about special times with grandma here
“Where the Wild Things Are”
"Where the Wild Things Are" written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak Watch it here
LITTLE BOY by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
LITTLE BOY by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (2019) April 2021 Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti, perhaps the best-known American bookstore owner/publisher of the second half of the 20th Century, died on February 22, 2021 at the age of 101. He was also a poet, novelist, artist,...
Courageous Librarians
THE GIVER OF STARS by Jojo Moyes (2019) and THE BOOK WOMAN OF TROUBLESOME CREEK by Kim Richardson (2019) March 2021 How exciting that we have TWO BOOKS to read about this month! By some gift from the Universe, both books about the same obscure subject were published...
HONORING BOOK WORLD PASSINGS
HONORING BOOK WORLD PASSINGS February 2021 This month I’m deviating from my usual book review to honor two special people in the book world who passed away recently. One was a famous author known throughout the world. The other was a bookseller none of us here have...
BECOMING by Michelle Obama
BECOMING by Michelle Obama (2018) January 2021 Young Michelle Robinson had carefully planned her life: good education, career, home ownership, children. While she did achieve those goals, it was done in a way that she never could have imagined in her wildest...
THE BOOK OF TWO WAYS
THE BOOK OF TWO WAYS by Jodi Picoult (2020) December 2020 We finally made it to the last month of 2020, a year that has seemed like a decade with all its changes and upheavals. As we take time to reflect upon what we did and what remains to be done before 2020 ends,...
The Butterfly’s Daughter
THE BUTTERFLY’S DAUGHTER by Mary Alice Monroe (2011) November 2020 It’s November! That means our beloved monarch butterflies are returning to the Pismo Beach Butterfly Grove on their annual wintering pilgrimage. Thousands of visitors come to the Grove to enjoy their...
Little Fires Everywhere
LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng (2017) October 2020 I intended to read this very popular book long ago, but never could find a copy available when I was in the mood for it. Now, though, with monumental fires burning in the West and smoke everywhere…what could...