Friends of the Napa Library

Supporting the Napa County Library

August Book Sale News

We have received a large donation of books by and about Arthur Upfield. Just about all the “Bony” novels and a lot of non-fiction about both the author and his characters. Their condition is mostly “reading copies” aka read and enjoyed often but a few of the books are in much better condition.

Come join us at the August Sale for these books plus many other treasures!

FOL Board of Directors Thanks Retiring Director Lee Milovich

FOL President Sandy Fagan presents a Certificate of Appreciation to retiring board member Lee Milovich

At the March 19, 2025 Annual Meeting and Board of Director’s meeting, long term Director Lee Milovich was honored for his 20+ years serving on the Friends of the Napa Library Board of Directions. Lee spent a large part of his time of the board serving as Chairman of the Membership Committee.  Not only did Lee welcome many members to our organization, he also enjoys photography and his work can be seen all throughout our website.
We will miss Lee’s contributions to our mission of raising funds for library programs.  We wish him well as he continues to take pleasure in his world travels and enjoys reading his many favorite authors.

Summer Reading

It’s Summer 2025 and we are all getting ready for trips, vacation, camping as well as the infamous “staycation”.

Whatever your plans, you are going to need to make sure you have enough reading material to get you through the lazy afternoons at the beach, whiling away the hours on planes, trains and automobiles or at home in the back yard.

If you missed the April Book Sale or discovered that you didn’t bring home enough books to get you through, our LOBBY SALE is right for you!!

As you enter the Napa Library you will find our books for sale on the left hand wall. The library has given us the entire wall of shelves so we have a much more expanded selection. In it you will find Staff Picks/Recommendations; fiction; history and biography; current events; mysteries; romance; cookbooks; and of course a selection of children’s books. We also offer CDs and DVDs and occasionally jigsaw puzzles and games. All of these offerings are donations from your Napa neighbors.

The Lobby Sale is open anytime the library is open for business. Most of the books are priced by type. Right now most of them are $2.  Check the price list posted near the payment station. Some, including children’s books are marked with a price.

“How do I pay? you ask. The books are offered on the honor system which means we trust you to pay for your books at the cash box located in the corner of the sale shelves. We accept cash or checks in the locked cash box. Are you one of those folks who doesn’t like to carry cash anymore? You are in luck! Posted by the cash box are QR codes for Venmo or PayPal.

The lobby sales have become an important source of funds used to support many library programs. Check out the post below which gives you insight into the programs we have recently entirely or partially funded.  You will learn that your book donations and purchases come full circle through the sales to much needed library programs.  Doesn’t get much more local than that!