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
January 2024
Look for us on Facebook under Diamond Bar Friends of the Library and Diamond Bar Friends of the Library Bookstore
2025-2026 Board, Volunteer, and Business of the Year Recognition
A new slate of board officers was installed last month for 2025-2026:
Parliamentarian: Rosette Clippinger
Friends of the Library sponsored programs this month
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.
*This 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, Kathy Rogers and Elisabete (Eli) Minceff Erlandson, two authors of this book, will reflect on their trailblazing theme park careers. Ms. Rogers was Executive Show Producer and Ms. Erlandson was Principal Concept Architect at Disney. Please join us in the Diamond Bar Library Windmill Room to hear the lively stories about one of our favorite theme parks and the women who helped make it all happen.
*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.
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.
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.
Congratulations to Dan Nordberg, our winner of the winter season opportunity basket!
“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 18, 2025, 2-3 PM: Sculptures of Gratitude, a clay sculpturing workshop. For children ages 5-11 with a caregiver.
- 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/