Jefferson Park Little Free Library

Happy Saturday everyone. We’re still suffering an embarrassment of book riches — children’s books especially. This is the last week I’ll leave them out on the table before donating to Goodwill. I just don’t have the space to maintain it all.

Also, spent the morning making envelopes for seeds! I’ll have California Poppy, Narrow-Leaf Milkweed, peas, little thumb carrots, and corn seeds out. Take a seed pack, leave a seed packet.

We’re suffering an embarrassment of riches at the ! Oodles and oodles of kids books — board books, picture books, early readers, chapter books — they’re all here. Come or 15 while they’re here!

Where are the clues??

At our library, they are all located within city strip area of the library. You may need to look low or around or inside to find them all.

Still struggling? Spoilers below.

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1) on the arbor
2) behind the vote sign
3) inside the door of the library
4) street side wall of the library
5) back of the library
6) lower post of the library
7) sitting bench
8- tree post
9) bird feeder
10) signpost by the lavender

Hey folks!

You have all done such a wonderful job contributing to the Little Free Library that we need to expand. I was thinking of adding 1-2 Mini-Sheds onto the Library, and I'd love ideas for how to organize.

We get a lot of textbooks (near USC and all) and a ton of kid visitors, so I stay stocked with kids books of all ages. My thought is that the kids books would get their own dedicated shed, and the textbooks and tchotchkes can share their own additional shed. But I'm open to other ideas. Drop ideas here or PM me.

And, if you'd like to contribute to the add-on project, PM me for that, too!
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Mini Shed Library Add On This Mini Shed Library Add-On is a great complement to your existing Little Free Library book-sharing box! With a side-mounting piece included, it can easily be added to a post underneath any of our libraries, and is a great way to offer more books or additional resources to your neighborhood. Read....

Weekend Inventory, current as of 1p on 2/28/21.

And — starting something new! I’ve listed my backstock here as well. These are titles that have traveled through the library but aren’t actually in the box yet. If you’re interested in one of these titles, just send us a message and we can place it outdoors for you.

Kids Books:
* In My Home +
* Transport +
* The Tallest Tree +
* Hey Di**le Di**le +
* The Ear, The Eye and The Arm
* Goosebumps The Beast From the East ^
* Witch Twins At Camp Bliss ^
* We Are Grateful
* Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Buggin’ Out >
* Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Mighty Marvels >
* My Little Pony: Under the Sparkling Sea ~$
* The Duck on the Truck ~<
* Hang on Hester ~<
* Fancy Nancy: Tea for Two <
* Fast Asleep in a Little Village in Israel $
* The Story of the Incredible Orchestra ~

All Ages:
* The Paris Diversion ~
* Expecting a Miracle: A Spiritual Companion Through Pregnancy
* In the Heart of the Sea
* Endgame (Baldacci)
* The Remnants %
* Cure for the Common Universe ~
* Finding Audrey ~ %
* Almost Home %
* A Spy in Time %
* The Late Bloomer %

Multimedia
* Kids Love Fire Engines DVD (x2)
* Everyone’s Hero DVD
* Prenatal Yoga Deck

Textbooks (tucked under the library and culled after one week at the LFL):
* Going West! journey on a Wagon Train to Settle in a Frontier Town >
* A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect ~
* Collections for Young Scholars ~
* A History of the Holocaust
* Apocalypse
* Write It: A Process Approach to College Essays with Readings
* Writing Prompts: Cities >
* Writing Prompts: Sharks >
* Writing Prompts: Wildlife >

Other Fun Stuff:
* Hand-Crocheted Flowers
* Hand-Crocheted Baby Hat
* Bicycle Book Clips
* Bookmarks

+ Board Book
< Easy Reader
$ Picture Book
^ Chapter Book
> Activity Book
~ Hardcover
% Young Adult

Back-Stock (PM us and we can place it out at the library for you)
* The Little Mermaid
* Mrs. Fletcher ~
* Infant Massage
* The Bourbon Street Band is Back ~$
* Shakespeare's Theatre ~
* The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
* Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins $
* More Adventures with Kids in San Diego
* Newcomer's Handbook for Seattle
* The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
* City Baby DC
* Chef (Patterson)
* Mansfield Park (Austen)
* Mery Christmas Baby +
* Spot's Halloween
* Here in the Garden ~$
* Temptation (Deveraux)
* Like Water for Chocolate ~
* Thanks for Today +
* George and Martha $
* The Second Shift
* And Don't Call Me A Racist
* A View from the Roof: Lessons for Life and Business
* Shackled
* Punished: Police the Lives of Black and Latino Boys
* Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life
* Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California
* Aztlan and Viet Nam: Chicano and Chicana Experiences of the War

National Wildlife Federation Certifies New Wildlife Habitat Garden at Jefferson Park Little Free Library

Media Contact: Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet, National Wildlife Federation, 202-797-6809, [email protected]

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF), America’s largest wildlife conservation and education organization, is pleased that the Jefferson Park Little Free Library in Los Angeles, California has successfully created a Certified Wildlife Habitat® through its Garden for Wildlife™ program.

NWF celebrates this effort to create a garden that supports birds, butterflies, bees, frogs and other local wildlife. Every Certified Wildlife Habitat garden provides natural sources of food, water, cover and places to raise young and is maintained in a sustainable way that incorporates native plants, conserves water and doesn’t rely on pesticides.

Celebrating over 45 years, the Garden for Wildlife movement has recognized over 227,000 Certified Wildlife Habitat gardens across the United States to date, encompassing more than 2.5 million acres that support wildlife locally. Backyards, urban gardens, school grounds, businesses, places of worship, campuses, parks, farms, zoos and community landscapes can all be recognized as wildlife habitats through the program.

“Anyone, anywhere can restore wildlife habitat right in their own yards and communities,” said NWF naturalist David Mizejewski. “Whether you garden in a suburban yard, an urban area or a rural plot of land, you can make a difference for local wildlife. Creating a Certified Wildlife Habitat garden is fun, easy and makes a real difference for neighborhood wildlife. It’s the perfect grassroots way to think globally and act locally and help birds, butterflies, bees and other wildlife,” he added.

Many of NWF’s state affiliate organizations are partners in the Garden for Wildlife Movement. Habitats in partnering states have national and state certification.

Every Certified Wildlife Habitat garden is now also part of the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, a national effort to create a million gardens that provide habitat for declining pollinator insects such butterflies and bees.

Participants who have their wildlife habitat garden certified receive a personalized certificate with a unique habitat number, a one-year membership to NWF with a subscription to National Wildlife magazine, a subscription to the Garden for Wildlife e-newsletter, a 10 percent discount to National Wildlife catalog, and the exclusive right to post a Certified Wildlife Habitat yard sign.

For more information on NWF’s Garden for Wildlife movement and how to qualify to have a garden
space recognized as a Certified Wildlife Habitat, visit https://www.nwf.org/garden or call 1-800-822-9919.

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About National Wildlife Federation
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Garden for Wildlife | National Wildlife Federation Help wildlife by providing food, water, cover, and a place for wildlife to raise their young.

It's been a good week at the Jefferson Park Little Free Library. In COVID times, I work from home most of the time, and my home office faces the LIbrary.

This week, I watched many folks browsing, taking, and leaving books. The two that stuck with me were the woman and a young boy came by, browsed the selections, and sat at the bench to read for a few moments before going about their day. The boy skipped to the library and skipped away with a book. The next day, a grandmother stopped by and thanked me for the library, mentioning that her grandson loved reading and the library kept him in books. It happens that my daughter is the same age as her grandson, and we gifted a copy of Diary of Wimpy Kid out of my kiddo's personal stash.

This library gives me a great deal of joy every day, in large part because all of you. Thank you for contributing to the magic, and please, if you're open to it, feel free to wave "hi" next time you drop by!

Photo of the wonderful backstock Im sorting through thanks to everyone’s contributions.

It’s the weekend! Today’s inventory is pretty kid-centric. Lots of board and chapter books, a few YA novels, and even some stuff for expecting families.

Also some good fiction in here. Inventory’s current as of 10:04am.

Kids Books:
* The Little Mermaid
* In My Home +
* Transport +
* The Tallest Tree +
* Little Miss Alcott Little Women +
* Hey Di**le Di**le: Indestructibles Book +
* So You Think You Know About Stegosaurus
* The Ear, The Eye and The Arm
* Goosebumps The Beast From the East ^
* Witch Twins At Camp Bliss ^
* The Climbers ^
* We Are Grateful
* Marvel Superhero Adventures: Mighty Marvels ^
* Marvel Superhero Adventures: Buggin Out ^

All Ages:
* The Paris Diversion ~
* Expecting a Miracle: A Spiritual Companion Through Pregnancy
* The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
* Outcasts United
* In the Heart of the Sea
* Endgame (Baldacci)
* The Miracle: The Epic Story of Asia’s Quest for Wealth
* Boating for Beginners
* Alex and Me
* The Remnants %
* Cure for the Common Universe ~
* Finding Audrey ~ %

Multimedia
* Kids Love Fire Engines DVD (x2)
* Everyone’s Hero DVD
* Prenatal Yoga Deck

Textbooks (culled after one week at the LFL):
* Going West! journey on a Wagon Train to Settle in a Frontier Town >
* Writing Prompts: Cities >
* Writing Prompts: Sharks >
* Writing Prompts: Wildlife >

Other Fun Stuff:
* Hand-Crocheted Flowers
* Hand-Crocheted Baby Hat
* Bicycle Book Clips
* Bookmarks

+ Board Book
^ Chapter Book
> Activity Book
~ Hardcover
% Young Adult

Happy Valentines Day!! Weekly Update as of 4:30PM 2/14/21

Kids Books:
The Little Mermaid
In My Home +
Transport +
Spot’s Halloween +
The Tallest Tree +
Merry Christmas Baby +
Going West! journey on a Wagon Train to Settle in a Frontier Town >
So You Think You Know About Stegosaurus
Goosebumps The Curse of Camp Cold Lake ^
Goosebumps The Beast From the East ^
Witch Twins At Camp Bliss ^
The Climbers ^
Almost Home ^
The Ear, The Eye and The Arm ^

All Ages:
The Paris Diversion ~
She Said What? Quotable Women Talk Leadership
I Wanna Be Me: Rock Music and the Politics of Identity
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Outcasts United
The Poisonwood Bible (Kingsolver)
In the Heart of the Sea
Endgame (Baldacci)
The Miracle: The Epic Story of Asia’s Quest for Wealth
Buying Solo: The Single Woman’s Guide to Buying a First Home
Boating for Beginners
Alex and Me

Multimedia:
Kids Love Fire Engines DVD (x2)
Everyone’s Hero DVD
Emergency Preparedness DVD: Earthquakes
Emergency Preparedness DVD: Wildfires

Textbooks (culled after one week at the LFL):
7th Grade Cell Biology Study Guide
Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Introductory Psychology
Problem Solving 4th-6th Grade >
Kaplan SAT Math Prep
Financial Fitness for Life Grades 6-8 (teacher and student workbook set)
Writing Prompts: Cities >
Writing Prompts: Sharks >
Writing Prompts: Wildlife >

Other Fun Stuff:
Hand—Crocheted Flowers
Halloween Pencils
Bookmarks
Kids Zines

+ Board Book
^ Chapter Book
> Activity Book
~ Hardcover

There are so many fun ways to share a love of books. One of those is through BookCrossing. You can release books into the wild (or in this case, the shelter of a Little Free Library) and watch as they make their way through the hands of other readers. It takes just a few moments to register your finds through the website, and you can release your own finds into the wild world of reading.

If you're interested in participating, just enter the code on the book on the BookCrossing site. And, if you want to participate in the fun, feel free to sign-up!

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