Still searching for some holiday gifts?

Avoid the frightful hustle of the retail book, music, and video stores with some thrifty holiday shopping at the library-- and be happy in the knowledge that all proceeds will be used to improve our collection, programs, and services!

The Friends of the Library Mollie Burke Bookstore, located across our courtyard, offers exciting gift finds of new and used books, music, movies, and more—all at wonderfully affordable prices. Let the Friends' bookstore staff help you locate some unique and inexpensive holiday gift items for your friends and family.

And when you first enter the library itself, don’t forget to check the carts and shelves in the foyer, featuring more excellent sale items. Due to a generous donation, we now have hundreds of popular movies used on VHS at just $1.00 each. There are also many never-used items, new books and still-packaged audio/visual items, including the following:

The unabridged audio version of The Shelters of the Stone is the latest in Jean Auel’s best-selling prehistoric novel saga that began with The Clan of the Cavebear. The retail price for this item is $59.95 but the Friends of the Library booksellers offer several copies of the still shrink-wrapped book-on-tape at only $8.00!

The Deluxe CD-Rom Edition of the World’s Favorite Encyclopedia™, World Book, includes every article from the popular 22-volume print edition while also providing additional features like interactive maps, videos, and panoramas. A number of unopened 2004 editions of this valuable reference tool are on sale for $5.00-- a perfect stocking stuffer for school-aged children.