Description:
You’ll find good-quality gift books at great prices this month, at the 2008 Annual Fall Booksale, conducted by the Friends of the Boise Public Library. The sale runs from Friday, October 24, through Sunday, October 26 in the Hayes Auditorium at the Main Library in downtown Boise at 715 South Capitol Blvd.
Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Additional books are stocked
throughout the day on Friday and Saturday. All books are half-price on
Sunday.
Sale items include lots of new and gently-used books for kids, pocket
and trade paperbacks, computer books and classics, better quality book
sets, coffee table books, hardcover best sellers, cookbooks and holiday
gift books. All are priced to sell! (Note: There is no by-the-bag
pricing during the fall sale.)
Preview Night for members of the Friends group will be held Thursday,
October 23, from 4 to 7 p.m. New Friends may join at the door.
Last year, the Friends organization raised over $100,000 to benefit the
library, through booksales and the Friends Bookstore in the Main
Library. All preparation for and staffing of the sales is provided by
volunteers, who typically sort through about 80,000 items to prepare for
a sale. This year, the Friends donated $237,000 to the Library to
purchase opening-day collections for the new Collister and Hillcrest
branch libraries.
The Friends of the Boise Public Library is a nonprofit volunteer
organization founded to promote the interest and welfare of the library.
To learn more about donating books or joining the Friends organization,
call 384-4238, or visit the library web page at www.boisepubliclibrary.org.
Age Group: All Ages Venue: Boise Public Library Address: Hayes Auditorium Phone: N/A
Boise Public Library
