The Diamond Bar Friends of the Library is a non-profit, all-volunteer community service group dedicated to supporting the Diamond Bar Library, improving literacy and encouraging the love of reading. The Friends are a California registered non-profit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.
We have events and activities all year long, so please contact us to participate!
News and Events
Diamond Bar Friends of the Library
23535 Palomino Drive #232
Diamond Bar, CA 91765
December 2024
Look for us on Facebook under Diamond Bar Friends of the Library and Diamond Bar Friends of the Library Bookstore
Giving Thanks to our Librarians
Thank you to all our Diamond Bar Library staff! On Thursday, November 21st, the Diamond Bar Friends of the Library honored our 16 staff members with a luncheon. Sandwiches and salads were catered by “My Lunch Spot” in Walnut. Drinks, chips and desserts were provided by the Friends. Goodie bags with consumable items were given to each staff member. Three raffle prizes were awarded to Dalia Euan, Mira Park and Kia Targhibi. We are grateful to our Library Manager, Cynthia Yu and the entire library staff. Special thanks goes to Friends board member MaryKay for planning this event.
Be a “Friend” by becoming a Member!
Be a “Friend” of the Diamond Bar Library! Membership dues are tax deductible to the full extent permitted by law, tax ID 95-4611640. Your contribution will support programs, materials, and improvements for the Diamond Bar Library.
Membership Dues:
$10 -Individual (Yearly)
$15 -Family (Yearly)
$250 -Lifetime
$350 -Lifetime Family
Go here for more information on how to make a membership contribution.
Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth at the Diamond Bar Winter Snow Fest on Saturday, December 7th!
Four Seasons Book Group
The Four Seasons Book Group is Diamond Bar Friends of the Library’s quarterly book discussion. It is also part of our annual Read Together Diamond Bar program that will be held in April 2025. Please join us in the Library Windmill Room for our lively discussions. Refreshments will be served, and you do not need to have read the books before joining us.
Four Seasons Book Group Winter meeting
Saturday, January 11, 2025
11 AM Diamond Bar Library Windmill Room
Featured book: James by Percival Everett
Selected as one of the top 10 reads of 2024, James is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim’s point of view. It is in development as a feature film to be produced by Steven Spielberg.
*Next year, our Read Together Diamond Bar 2025 topic will be Earth Day, which is on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. We will have book discussions and other interesting programs planned! The annual essay contest “How a Book Changed My Life” for teens will also take place in April as part of RTDB. It is open to teens 13-18 who are encouraged to write a letter to their favorite author about how a book they wrote changed their life.
*There are many exciting events planned for April, as RTDB 2025 will be in full swing. Here are the books chosen:
- Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen (Adult Fiction)
- Fault Lines by Nora Shalaway Carpenter (Young Adult)
- One Day This Tree Will Fall by Leslie Barnard Booth (K thru second grade)
- The Strange Wonder of Roots by Evan Griffith. (Middle Readers)
*On Saturday, March 8, 2025, 2 PM, the authors of Women of Walt Disney Imagineering will reflect on their trailblazing theme park careers. Kathy Rogers and a few other authors will share their lively stories about one of our favorite theme parks. Please join us!
*The closing event for RTDB where the essay winners will be recognized will be on Saturday, April 26, 2 PM in the Diamond Bar Library Windmill Room. Evan Griffith, the author of The Strange Wonder of Roots, will present a Writer’s Workshop in the morning and then speak in the afternoon.
Our Bookstore
by Rosette Clippinger, Bookstore Manager
*Check out our $5-a-bag section! You can fill up a bag of books for just $5.
*Come in and browse our specially priced book sets. They make great gifts or collectors’ items!
Every season we will have a special themed basket for one lucky customer to win! Visit our bookstore, purchase a book, and enter to win the basket. One ticket per transaction can be entered into the opportunity drawing. “Cozy Comforts,” the winter season opportunity basket, is now on display at the bookstore. The drawing for the basket will be on Friday, December 13th.
“A true friend is like a good book; the inside is better than the cover”-Anonymous
Bookstore hours are:
Monday-Saturday 11 am – 5 pm
Bookstore Donation Guidelines
While we appreciate the generous donations given to us by community members, we request that you follow the below guidelines before donating to be considerate of our volunteers’ time spent sorting donations.
We are looking for new or gently used books in almost new to fair condition.
We don’t accept:
-Outdated (10+ years) travel guides and non-fiction reference books
-Computer books and textbooks
-VHS and cassette tapes
-Magazines and encyclopedias
-Torn, yellow, bug-infested, and water damaged books
Book donations may be dropped off anytime during library business hours. For more information, go here: Diamond Bar Library
Thank you for supporting the Friends of the Library Bookstore
Upcoming Events inside the Diamond Bar Library Windmill Room
- Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 11 AM: Four Seasons Book Group Winter meeting: Featured book: James by Percival Everett
- Saturday, March 8, 2025, 2 PM: The authors of Women of Walt Disney Imagineering will tell their stories.
- Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 2 PM: Closing event for Read Together Diamond Bar 2025. Author Evan Griffith of The Strange Wonder of Roots will be our featured speaker and will also conduct a Writer’s Workshop that morning in the Windmill Room.
DONATE HERE: https://dblibraryfriends.org/donate/