The annual used book sale sponsored by the Library Friends of Cook County will be held Thursday, July 30 through Saturday, Aug. 1 at the Community Center in Grand Marais.
Thursday night is for Library Friends members only between 5 and 7 p.m. Memberships will be sold at the Community Center one hour prior to the sale on Thursday afternoon. Friday the book sale hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Saturday hours are 8 a.m. til noon, when there will once again be a bag sale with discounted prices of $4 per bag in the main sale and half-price in Better Books.
The Library Friends of Cook County is an all-volunteer nonprofit service organization which conducts the sale each year to raise funds in support of the library mission for the Grand Marais Public Library and all of the school libraries in Cook County. In addition to contributing funds for books, materials and programming, the Library Friends has contributed monies for special projects in all of the libraries.
The success of the sale depends on donations of books and other materials throughout the year and many volunteers who spend hundreds of hours sorting and boxing books in preparation for the sale as well as working during the sale.
The sale will include books, DVDs CDs and video tapes. Books will be placed on tables by categories of interest. Most categories remain the same as in the past years, but there will be a new sale system this year.
A free will donation for books from the main sale area will be accepted, rather than having the items individually priced. Customers will be hearing comments from the cashiers about the value of books and how they enhance our lives, and they will emphasize how donations will be used for the good of the entire county.
Better Books will remain a separate area in the sale that will remain priced as usual and continue to feature much-loved collections of fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks, and novels. There is quite a display of children’s books that were recently donated as well as an array of other collections that will interest readers of all ages.
The Library Friends is once again partnering with the Summer Reading Program at the library. Parents of children who are participating can pick up a coupon at the library. Children can present the coupon at the book sale to select up to 10 free books any time during the sale.
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