The Friends of the Folsom Library will hold its next semi-annual book sale on the weekend of March 13-15 in the Folsom Library. These popular sales offer thousands of gently used books at rock-bottom prices.

The weekend begins with early-bird night Friday, March 13, from 5 to 8 p.m. Admission is $5 for the opportunity to choose from the best selection (Friends members get in free).

Saturday and Sunday, March 14 and 15, are free admission; hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Sunday is the Friends’ popular "bag day" – fill a grocery-size sack with as many books as you can squeeze in for only $5 – with even better specials as the day draws to a close. No limit on the number of bags you can buy.

All books at the sale are donations in excellent condition, and you can't beat the prices: $1 for hardback and trade (soft cover) fiction; $2 for hardback nonfiction; $1.50 for nonfiction trades; 50 cents for pocket books (a new lower price). All children's books are just 50 cents. A few specialty items may be marked slightly higher.

The Friends is a nonprofit corporation whose sole mission is to support the Folsom Public Library. The Friends donations pay for most of the programming the patrons enjoy – from toddler storytimes to special senior activities. In the past two decades, the Friends have raised more than a quarter-million dollars for library materials and programs.

The book sales and its BOOKtique bookstore inside the library are the Friends' primary fundraisers. Every penny earned benefits the Folsom Library.

For more information, visit foflib.org or email [email protected].

Post information courtesy of Friends of the Folsom Library.