Read Together Diamond Bar 2026
Look for Read Together Diamond Bar month in April 2026. Read Together Diamond Bar is an innovative month-long annual program to unite people of all ages and backgrounds and encourage reading at the same time. Many cities, large and small, hold successful One City-One Book programs, including Diamond Bar. Please look for more details and join us in April.
Do you have a suggestion for a book or a theme for Read Together Diamond Bar 2026? You can email us here with your thoughts and suggestions for Read Together. For more information text (909) 967-3954.
Four Seasons Book Group
The Four Seasons Book Group is the quarterly book discussion organized by the Friends of the Library to discuss a wide range of books. You do not need to have read the book to participate–everyone is welcome. Come and join us and bring a friend or two.
For our upcoming January 31 meeting we have chosen a book titled  Custodians Of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the People Keeping Them Alive, by Eliot Stein. This is a non-fiction book with a broad appeal and something different from what we usually choose. A vivid look at 10 astonishing people who are maintaining some of the world’s oldest and rarest cultural traditions.  Our librarian, Cynthia Yu, has ordered copies of the book for us in the library. Please read more about Custodians of Wonder below:
“Eliot Stein’s quietly powerful new book celebrates the kind of singular, site-specific expertise that’s endangered by globalization and technology…smart, genial and occasionally astonishing…it’s a country mile from the news cycle, a winning collection of thoroughly un-current events.” -SF Chronicle
We hope you can join us for a discussion of this remarkable and informative book on January 31 at 11 AM in the Windmill Room.
Please mark your 2026 calendars for the Four Seasons quarterly meetings as follows:
The four meetings are being held at the Diamond Bar Library on a Saturday morning at 11 am.
- Winter      January 31 at the Windmill Room
- Spring            April 18 at the Friends’ Garden
- Summer     July 25 at the Windmill Room
- Fall                 November 14 at the Windmill Room
Read Together Diamond Bar 2025
Thank you to everyone who supported and participated in this year’s Read Together Diamond Bar that was held throughout the month of April. It was a joyous celebration of community and literacy. There were activities for all ages that brought people together around books and literacy. Special thanks to Mayor Chia Yu Teng and the entire Diamond Bar City Council for proclaiming April 2025 as Read Together Diamond Bar month. Also, special thanks to our Community Library Manager Cynthia Yu and her staff for providing such educational, innovative and fun activities throughout the month of April.
This year, our Read Together topic was about Earth Day, which was on Tuesday, April 22. We had 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 also took place in April as part of RTDB. It was 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.
Here were 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 26, author Evan Griffith discussed his book The Strange Wonders of Roots as well as his work and life as a writer. The winners of the student essay contest “How a Book Changed My Life” were also announced. Go here for the list of winners and to read their essays.
The author, Evan Griffith is in the middle with the white plaid shirt. The essay contest winners, second from the right, are: Betty Chen, Dana Chan, and Cami Duncan.