Happy 31st book giveaway! To celebrate Women’s History Month, we decided it would be fun to use this opportunity to celebrate TWO amazing women: the author of this book (Michiko Aoyama) and the translator (Alison Watts). We love international literature and are so grateful to the amazing translators who ensure that we (those of us who can only read in English!) can read books originally written in other languages and rooted in other cultural perspectives ❤

ALSO, this was the perfect book (and thus the perfect month!) to feature some of our amazing Pima County Public Library branches! Do you recognize any of the branches we visited? We included a roundup of 8 of them in the grid image about 🙂

The books we hid downtown were sponsored by a “Downtown Tucson For Everyone” grant through Downtown Tucson Partnership’s Social Justice Committee! This program awards grants to events and programs presented in Downtown Tucson that demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion – and reach underserved communities. Thank you to the Downtown Tucson Partnership and HSL Properties for sponsoring this program and supporting us. Between now and June, we’ll be hiding 10 books a month throughout downtown!

If you’re new here and didn’t get a chance to find a book last Sunday, I also hide an additional 15 books of each month’s selection (on top of the 30) around Tucson after the book-hiding weekend. So keep your eyes peeled over the next week or two, as 15 more copies of What you are looking for is in the library will be hidden around town! I do not post any hint photos of these books, as they are truly meant to be a random act of kindness for those who happen upon them. Yay for random bookish joy and delight!

We have another great book planned for April in celebration of National Poetry Month (and the hidden books will also include a custom-made “Visual Poetry of Tucson” Zine!), and I can’t wait to share it with you! So keep an eye out here, on Instagram, and on our Facebook page for updates.