Read Together Diamond Bar 2025
The City of Diamond Bar will proclaim April 2025 Read Together Diamond Bar month as we participate in many interesting, educational, and fun activities throughout the month. RTDB is part of a national movement that invites their community to read chosen books together and then enjoy activities based on the themes of the books. Please join the Friends of the Library at the April 1, 6:30 PM City Council meeting at the AQMD building where the City Council will honor us with a special proclamation.
*This year, our Read Together topic will be Earth Day, which is on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. We will have book discussions and other exciting programs planned in the Diamond Bar Library Windmill Room! 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. Go here for more information and to download an entry form.
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 Wonders of Roots by Evan Griffith. (Middle Readers)
*On Saturday, April 5, 11 AM: Please join our Four Seasons book group as we read and discuss Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen. A lifelong lover of trees, a fiercely determined girl, a courageous librarian and a fairy tale book come together in a redemptive story of love, family and friendship. For adults.
*Thursday, April 24, 6:30 PM: Steve Williams is a UC Master Gardener and Professor of Horticulture at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut. His topic will be Trees in a Changing Climate. Some highlights include Wildlife Habitat & Biodiversity, Native vs. Non-Native Selections, Planting and Care, Pests and Diseases in a New Age, Fire Management in an era of Climate Change, and Forest Bathing with Crystal Singing Bowls. For adults.
*Saturday, April 26, 10:30 AM: Writing Workshop by Evan Griffith, author of The Strange Wonders of Roots. Evan will conduct a workshop for children ages 8-12.
*Saturday, April 26, 2 PM: Final event for RTDB 2025 where author Evan Griffith will discuss his book The Strange Wonders of Roots as well as his work as a writer. Also, the winners of our annual How a Book Changed My Life Student Essay Contest will be recognized and awarded their prizes.
Read Together Diamond Bar 2024
The closing event was Saturday, April 27 where we presented awards to the three teen authors of “How a Book Changed My Life Student Essay Contest”. Author Jessica Kim spoke about her life and her inspiration for Stand Up, Yumi Chung!
We had a great turn out!
Author Jessica Kim talks about her upbringing
Jessica talks about her inspiration for “Stand Up Yumi Chung!”
Author Jessica Kim congratulates the essay contest winners Sydney Applebaum (third from the right), Lilia Dahhak (second from the right), and Luz Gaspar-Lopez (far right.)
The essay contest winners with members of Diamond Bar’s AAUW (American Association of University Women.) The essay contest winners are Sydney Applebaum (4th from the left), Lilia Dahhak (6th from the left), and Luz Gaspar-Lopez (5th from the right.)
Go here to read the winning essays.