Book sale alert
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- April
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Warmer weather, daffodils and library books sales — ahh, the signs of spring. There are many book sales held in the lower Hudson Valley and the first ones are just around the corner.
As many of you know these events are where you can find real treasures — the special book you’ve been searching for or a bargain book that becomes your favorite. Oh, and there are often CDs, DVDs and other media, too.
Here are first book sales I’m hearing about:
• April 25-26, Warner Library, 121 North Broadway, Tarrytown. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. The Friends of Warner Library sponsor this semi-annual sale. Held rain or shine under a tent on the library’s front lawn.
• May 1-3, Mt Pleasant Public Library, 350 Bedford Road., Pleasantville. Hours: 9 a. m. to 8 p.m. May 1; 9 a.m to 4:30 p.m. May 2; and 1 to 4:30 p.m. May 3. There will be hundreds of book bargains for children and adults including mysteries, poetry, biographies, history, fiction and how-to books. The sale will also include CDs and DVDs.
• May 2-3, West Nyack Free Library, 65 Strawtown Road. Sponsored by library friends group. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 2 and 1 to 5 p.m. May 3. No text books, magazines, newspapers or condensed books.
•May 8-10, Ruth Keeler Memorial Library, 276 Titicus Road., North Salem. Hours: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 8 for a preview event party with tickets at $45; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 9; and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 10. Saturday is family day with entertainment and food; Sunday is billed as a Blow Out Sale with plants, shrubs and herbs from local gardeners on sale, too.
• May 15-17, Patterson Library book sale at the Putnam Lake VFW on Fairfield Drive, Patterson. Hours: 1 to 6 p.m. May 15; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 16; and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 17. Donations can be dropped from April 6 to May 9 at the Patterson Library, 1167 Route 311 (no textbooks, magazines or videos). For information or to volunteer call the library at 845-878-6121×10.
• May 23-24 at Kent Public Library, 17 Sybil’s Crossing, Kent Lakes, at Kent Town Hall complex. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 23 and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 24. In an effort to curtail the use of plastic shopping bags, the Friends will reward shoppers who bring their own cloth bags or boxes with a little something ‘green’ at the checkout counter. “Go Green and Get Green” is the logo of the sale. The Friends tell us they could use a number of strong book carriers to help cart books out of the basement of the library if interested, call library director Frank Rees at 845-225-8585).
For those who like to keep track of book sales — special events and ongoing sales — go to Booksalefinder’s Web site.
Happy hunting and let me know what treasures you find.
(Tempting book sale image above is a file photo from The Journal News by Frank Becerra Jr. of a Mt Kisco Public Library event, August 2004.)
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