CURWENSVILLE — Last year, Curwensville Public Library changed the dates of its annual winter book sale to coincide with Curwensville Merchants Association’s Home for the Holidays celebration.
It was a successful swap and plans are to again hold it during the Home for the Holidays event.
This year’s dates are Thursday, Nov. 14; Friday, Nov. 15; and Saturday, Nov. 16. The sale is held at the library located at 601 Beech St., Curwensville. The hours Thursday and Friday, are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday’s hours are 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The sale is a cooperative event between the library and General Federation of Women’s Clubs Curwensville Woman’s Club.
Home for the Holidays will be held at participating downtown Curwensville businesses Nov. 14-16
Librarian Melanie Holland said, “The book sale’s proceeds benefits programs and services at the Curwensville Public Library.”
The library is currently accepted donations of gently used adult and children’s hardback and paperback books, puzzles and DVDs that are free of stains, tears and mold. Holland said donations must be brought into the library, 601 Beech St., Curwensville, during the hours it is open. No encyclopedias, text books, reference books, dictionaries or thesaurus books are accepted.
The library’s hours are Mondays and Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
“While the library prefers fiction books, we are happy to accept nonfiction books including biographies, true crime books, or historical works. We are also accepting cookbooks however knitting or quilting books will not be accepted,” Holland said,
The sale will feature books for both adults and children, DVDs, puzzles, comic books and local yearbooks.
There will be individual pricing including $1 each for hardback books, 50 cents each for paperbacks, 25 cents each for DVDs and puzzles, $2 each for yearbooks, and three for $1 for comic books.
Shoppers may also fill a provided bag with hardback or paperback books and DVDs for $3.
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