Adopt-a-Book Donors
A big thanks to our donors!
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History Written by Vashti Harrison and Illustrated by Kwesi Johnson
Donated By: Margaret C. Foster-Massey
Donated On: January, 2020
In Honor of: Martin Queen
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: A Visual History By Fred Rogers Productions
Donated By: JoAnne Berens
Donated On: January, 2020
In Honor of: Ashley Wing
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball By Jeff Kinney
Donated By: Kiran Sitoula
Donated On: December, 2019
They Called Us Enemy By George Takei, et al.
Donated By: Alisa M Williams
Donated On: December, 2019
Are You My Mother? By P. D. Eastman
Donated By: Danielle Staudt
Donated On: December, 2019
In Honor of: My Dear Daughters – Elise and Charlotte Abe
The Prince of Tides By Pat Conroy
Donated By: Pamela Leupen
Donated On: December, 2019
In Memory of: Doris W. Wangerin, an amazing Southern woman who was a Secret Rosie and my mom
Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World By Sarah Prager
Donated By: Alisa Williams
Donated On: November, 2019
The Three Body Problem By Cixin Liu
Donated By: Alisa Williams
Donated On: October, 2019
Looking Up!: The Science of Stargazing Written by Joe Rao and Illustrated by Mark Borgions
Donated By: Donna C. Pettersen
Donated On: August, 2019
In Memory of: Gregory Ruchti
There Was an Old Astronaut Who Swallowed the Moon! Written by Lucille Colandro and Illustrated by Jared Lee
Donated By: Donna C. Pettersen
Donated On: August, 2019
In Memory of: Gregory Ruchti
Will Grayson, Will Grayson By John Green and David Levithan
Donated By: Alisa Williams
Donated On: August, 2019
The C&O Canal Companion: A Journey Through Potomac History By Mike High
Donated By: Alisa Williams
Donated On: June, 2019
A Quick and Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities By Mady G and J R Zuckerberg
Donated By: Erin Doyle
Donated On: June, 2019
In Honor of: Everyone who struggled to find themselves so those who came after us wouldn’t have to
Rainbow: A First Book of Pride Written by Michael Genhart and Illustrated by Anne Passchier
Donated By: Heather & Lloyd Jansen
Donated On: June, 2019
The Idle Beekeeper: The Low-Effort, Natural Way to Raise Bees By Bill Anderson
Donated By: Sharyn Gantt
Donated On: May, 2019
In Memory of: Beaman Smith
Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
Donated By: Gwyneth M Murphy
Donated On: May, 2019
In Memory of: Hunter Bradley Murphy, our precious grandson
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail By Bill Bryson
Donated By: Paul Livingston
Donated On: May, 2019
In Memory of: Tom Livingston
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver
Donated By: Andrea Watkins
Donated On: April, 2019
In Honor of: Nancy Skramstad
Keep Your Airspeed Up: The Story of a Tuskegee Airman by Harold H Brown and Marsha S Bordner
Donated By: Lt Col Joe Herring
Donated On: April, 2019
In Honor of: Those heroic, pioneering 99th Fighter Squadron “Red Tails” Airmen who so gallantly served us.
Empty Bottles Full of Stories by R.H. Sin and Robert M. Drake
Donated By: Paul M Livingston
Donated On: April, 2019
In Memory of Tom Livingston
World Make Way: New Poems Inspired by Art from the Metropolitan Museum Edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Donated By: Linda S Hubbard
Donated On: April, 2019
In Memory of Rachel Kahan
When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard
Donated By: Jane Kahan
Donated On: April, 2019
In Memory of Rachel Kahan
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
Donated By: Alisa M. Williams
Donated On: March, 2019
Hammering for Freedom Written by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Donated By: Rhonda Herron
Donated On: March, 2019
In Memory of Charles A. Gladden Sr.
Kristy’s Great Idea By Raina Telgemeier
Donated By: Deanna Fisher
Donated On: March, 2019
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W Blight
Donated By: Frank J. Pruss Jr.
Donated On: February, 2019
In Memory of Nicholas Raphael Falco III
The Road to Dawn: Josiah Henson and the Story That Sparked the Civil War by Jared A Brock
Donated By: Patricia Pruss
Donated On: February, 2019
In Memory of Nick Falco
My Sister, the Serial Killer By: Oyinkan Braithwaite
Donated By: Kendall McMillen
Donated On: February, 2019
In Honor of Savannah Thorpe
Fearless Mary: The True Adventures of Mary Fields by Tami Charles
Donated By: Mary B McFadden
Donated On: February, 2019
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Donated By: Sierra Bartlett
Donated On: February, 2019
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
Donated By: Alisa Williams
Donated On: February, 2019
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Donated By: Alisa Williams
Donated On: February, 2019
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom written by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Illustrated by Lois Ehlert
Donated By: Lisa White
Donated On: January, 2019
In Memory of Ruby Ketchel
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
Donated By: April B Benson
Donated On: January, 2019
In Memory of John Philip Thomas
Passing by Nella Larsen
Donated By: April B Benson
Donated On: January, 2019
In Memory of Julia P. Johnson
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Donated By: April B Benson
Donated On: January, 2019
In Memory of Shirley Gene Thomas
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Donated By: Cheree Jones
Donated On: January, 2019
The Outsider by Stephen King
Donated By: Cheree Jones
Donated On: January, 2019
Foundryside by Robert Bennett
Donated By: Nancy Medbery
Donated On: January, 2019
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Donated By: Jane Kahan
Donated On: January, 2019
In Memory of: Marilyn Jawitz
The Day You Begin By: Jacqueline Woodson, Illustrated By Rafael López
Donated By: Daniel Hubbard
Donated On: December, 2018
In Honor of: Jess Kahan
D&D Player’s Handbook By Wizards RPG Team
Donated By: Samuel Hagadorn
Donated On: December, 2018
In Honor of: Mr. Richard Arndt – Gamer Extraordinaire
A Place for Us by: Fatima Farheen Mirza
Donated By: Danielle Webber
Donated On: December, 2018
In Memory of: Patricia Ann Goemaere
Becoming by: Michelle Obama
Donated By: Charlita Ferguson
Donated On: December, 2018
In Honor of: Zauriel & Simile Proctor
Children of Blood and Bone by: Tomi Adeyemi
Donated By: Pauline Hilliard
Donated On: December, 2018
In Memory of: Gertrude Braan
Friday Black by: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Donated By: Janaya Thompson
Donated On: December, 2018
In Memory of: James E Pannell, Sr.
Circe by: Madeline Miller
Donated By: Danielle Staudt
Donated On: December, 2018
Goodnight Moon by: Margaret Wise Brown
Donated By: Fatima Hussein
Donated On: December, 2018
In Memory of: For all the nights this put you to sleep my dearest Laila.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by: Judi Barrett
Donated By: Laura Somerville
Donated On: November, 2018
In Honor of: Margie Dunn
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back by: Dr. Seuss
Donated By: David Somerville
Donated On: November, 2018
In Honor of: Cindy Somerville
Fahrenheit 451 by: Ray Bradbury
Donated By: Joe Herring
Donated On: November, 2018
In Memory of: My mom, Maxine Jacobson Herring, who instilled in me a love of books
Red: A Crayon’s Story by: Michael Hall
Donated By: Donna Pettersen
Donated On: November, 2018
In Honor of: Felicia “Mimi” Charnock
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by: Drew Daywalt
Donated By: Donna Pettersen
Donated On: November, 2018
In Honor of: Felicia “Mimi” Charnock
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief By Rick Riordan
Donated By: Rebecca Ammar
Donated On: November, 2018
In Honor of: Marie Ammar, 80th Queen Nicotina 2015
The Great Bridge by David McCullough
Donated By: Gerald Elder
Donated On: November, 2018
Pride and Prejudice by: Jane Austen
Donated By: Charles Darby
Donated On: November, 2018
In Honor of: Holly Darby, a Great Teacher
The Tales of Beedle the Bard By J.K. Rowling
Donated By: Ashleigh Skinner
Donated On: November, 2018
In Honor of: Stephanie D. & Erin S.
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Donated By: Sarah Guy
Donated On: November, 2018
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Donated By: Andrea Watkins
Donated On: November, 2018
In Memory of: John M. Sine
Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin
Donated By: Kwoncene Blackwell
Donated On: November, 2018
Hey Black Child by: Useni Eugene Perkins
Donated By: Jehnell C. Linkins
Donated On: November, 2018
Cinnamon by Neil Gaiman
Donated By: Danielle Staudt
Donated On: November, 2018
Arsene Lupin, Gentlemen Thief by Maurice LeBlanc
Donated By: Laurent Boudias
Donated On: November, 2018
Sula by Toni Morrison
Donated By: Lateca Roman
Donated On: September, 2018
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Donated By: Alisa M Williams
Donated On: September, 2018
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
In Memory of Lorraine Ellen Powell
The Power of Now
by Eckhart Tolle
The Fisherman by John Langan
Donated On: February, 2018
IT by Stephen King
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
James and the Giant Peach by Robert Dahl
Donated On: December, 2017
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Donated On: September, 2017
The Street by Ann Petry
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Donated On: September, 2017
In Honor of my little man who loves being surrounded by books.
1984 by George Orwell
Donated On: September, 2017
