Looking for a good book to dive into this winter? The High River Library has a book sale coming up

With winter in full swing this week, you might be thinking of grabbing a book and snuggling up inside for a good read.

You’re in luck too, as the Friends of the High River Public Library Society in High River are putting on another book sale on Friday, Nov. 29 and Saturday, Nov. 30.

Nick Salmon, with the society, says it’s not too late to drop off donations, however, they do need to be in good shape, and they can’t be outdated like textbooks.

“They just don’t sell very well, then they clutter up everything, then our volunteers have to set it all up for it not to go anywhere, take it all down and then find an efficient way of getting it out of the library.”

Salmon also points out that the money raised from the sale goes right back to the library.

“Money raised for the Friends of the High River Public Library Society goes towards helping the library buy some new supplies. We put some money towards that office that the library has set up now. So, you can go there, just sit in that office and get some work done. It’s a nice, quiet room. We also use it for helping with programming, so we have the introduction to the Glowforge now. That Glowforge was purchased with money from the Friends of the High River Public Library Society.”

The Glowforge is the 3-D printer the library now has available to the public.

A list of acceptable and unacceptable books and items has been shared on the library’s website and social media.

They welcome donations of:

• Hardcover and paperback fiction (novels) and non-fiction
• Comic books and graphic novels
• DVDs, Blu-ray, audiobook CDs and music CDs (must be operable and in original casing)
• Recent Playstation, Xbox and Wii games in their original packaging
• Children’s and youth books
• Puzzles and board games

They cannot accept:

• Textbooks or custom course packets
• Encyclopedias
• Travel or computer/technology books published more than 3 years ago
• Books with medical, legal, or financial advice published more than 5 years ago
• Non-fiction more than 15 years old
• Magazines or specialized journals
• Software sets
• Government documents
• VHS video tapes, vinyl records and music and audio cassettes
• Puzzles and games with missing parts
• Reader’s Digest condensed books
• Burned or sample CDs or DVDs
• We also cannot accept items that are mildewed, rodent-damaged, badly stained, falling apart, or otherwise in extremely poor condition

There’s still time to donate items on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 5-7 p.m. and this Saturday from 1-3 p.m. at the High River Public Library.

The sale itself runs from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. next Friday, Nov. 29 and from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30.