The Alameda Free Library celebrated its 2022 Summer Reading Challenge with a kickoff event at the Main Library on Saturday, June 4. The event included crafts for children, teens, and adults; a how-to session with Easy Street Cycling; and special performances by Sterling Johnson, the Bubblesmith.

Alameda has a new place to purchase used books, and it’s inside the library.

Alameda resident Annette Sandoval is a prolific writer who often sets her works in the Bay Area. Women Are Like Chickens is her latest novel, the story of four Mexican American friends raised in San Francisco during the 1980s.