Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Around Town: Book Fair


(Information copied from stchlibraryfoundation.org/FriendsSummerBookFair2015):
Bargain Prices - Great Selection
Browse more than 250,000 hardbacks, paperbacks, records, magazines, sets and special collections. The annual Friends of the Library Summer Book Fair is one of the largest in the St. Louis area with the best prices! 
Hardbacks - $2.00 Children's and teen books - 25¢
  • Most paperbacks - 50¢ 
  • Oversize paperbacks - $1.00 
Magazines - 10¢
Records, DVDs, VHS tapes & audio books individually priced.Sets & special collections, reference materials, some rare books, & other special items priced separately.
On Sunday, books are sold for $5.00 a bag.
Standard size grocery bags provided.
All books are sorted into popular categories to make it easier to find the items you want! Some of the most popular categories are: Cookbooks, Children's, Teen, Crafts, Art, Western, Mysteries, Science Fiction and Biographies. Children's and Teen materials are available in their own section on the sale floor.
Directions to the St. Charles Convention Center
One Convention Center Plaza
St. Charles, MO 63301

Exit I-70 at Fifth Street and go south. Turn right on Veteran's Memorial Parkway and the Convention Center is on the left.