Fall Book Sales Are Coming!

Mark your calendars! Fall book sale season is coming.

Several of the Friends of the Library groups that support our libraries are holding their annual fall sales over the next few months. These are great opportunities to stock up on affordable reading materials and help sustain the great work that the Friends groups do for our libraries throughout the year.

First up will be the Wenatchee Friends of the Library book sale this Saturday, Aug. 23, at the library.

Upcoming Book Sales

Sept. 5-6: Republic Friends of the Library, Patterson Park

Sept. 13: Entiat Library, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the library meeting room

Sept. 18: Moses Lake Library: 2-6 p.m. at the library

Sept. 19 and 20: Cashmere Library, during open hours

Sept. 26-Oct. 5: Leavenworth Friends of the Library. Sundays – Thursdays, 10 am – 5 pm, Fridays and Saturdays 10 am – 6 pm, and Oct. 5th 10 am – Noon. The Book Sale is located at the intersection of 8th and Commercial Street in downtown Leavenworth.

Oct. 16: Warden Library, 2 to 6 p.m.

Oct. 17-19: East Wenatchee Library; Oct. 17 and 18 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Oct. 19 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the rotunda in front of the library

Nov. 15: Entiat Library, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Entiat Holiday Bazaar at Entiat School

Why Book Sales?

Used book sales are a longstanding and beloved tradition of Friends of Library groups. Not only to they help raise money to support library programs and activities, but they also provide affordable reading materials to the public and help promote reading.

Book sales are the main source of funding for many Friends groups.

They help the Friends of the Wenatchee Public Library buy prizes for the Summer Library Program, provide supplies for library programs, pay for lanyards that are given to new library card holders, provide refreshments for events, and buy books for the library’s outreach at the Chelan County Juvenile Detention Center. The Friends group gives the library an annual $10,000 grant to pay for a larger purchase.

“Book sales are a lot of work, but they are also a lot of fun,” said Rhonnie Craven, president of the Wenatchee Friends. “I like to think of them as the most sustainable way to read in addition to using the library.”