May book sale: May 4-6
We hope you’ll stop by the Friends semi-annual used book sale the first weekend in May to snag some great reads at exceptional prices. It will be held in the Library Community Room May 4th through 6th.
The first hour on Friday is the “Members Only” Pre-Sale, where current members of the Friends will have first pick of all sale material.
Here are all the sale dates and times:
- Friday, May 4 (Member’s Pre-Sale) — 2 pm to 3 pm
- Friday, May 4 (Open To All) — 3 pm to 6 pm
- Saturday, May 5 — 10 am to 4 pm
- Sunday, May 6 — 1 pm to 4 pm
During Sunday sale hours, regularly priced books will be $3 for a bag. Yellow-tagged items will be 50% off.
Most book prices are in the 50 cent to $1 range, except for some especially nice books and DVDs with prices as marked from $2-5. Credit cards are now being accepted for payment, as well as cash and checks.
If you’d like to volunteer to help at the sale, please contact Allison Austin, our book sale volunteer coordinator.
Donald Swygard has been nominated for a lifetime volunteer achievement award for the Library and the city of Tualatin and will be honored with others at a reception before the City Council meeting on Monday evening, April 23rd. This event will be held at the Juanita Pohl Center, 8513 SW Tualatin Road, Tualatin, OR. The reception is scheduled for 6 pm to 7 pm. The award presentation will start promptly at 7 pm.
The Friends of Tualatin Library will host a special Used Media ONLY sale on Saturday, April 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the lobby of the Tualatin Public Library. An avalanche of recent donations means a great selection of used DVDs (movies, documentaries, foreign language films, and kids); audiobooks; and hundreds of CDs of every musical genre.
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Please make an extra effort to view the library’s lobby display case December 18 through December 24 to see a special exhibit, Christmas Past, compiled by Friends volunteer Kay Kendall in collaboration with the library staff and other Friends volunteers.