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OUR TRIBUTE TO ANITA LEES

Anita Lees

We sadly recognize the passing of FOL President Anita Lees who died unexpectedly on September 24.  Anita served on the Friends of the Library (FOL) Board for over 18 years and was appointed President in March 2019. In addition to her work on the Board, she spent Tuesday evenings sorting books donated by the community and staffed the quarterly FOL book sales.

Anita enjoyed making friends with those who loved books; getting books and sharing the love of reading with young children; and practically anything to do with reading and books. She was an avid reader and loved to discuss her latest finds.

We will sorely miss her intelligence, her sense of humor and her guidance. She will also be missed by Todd, her husband of 22 years, her dogs, cats and pet chicken as well as many friends and family.

If you are moved to make a donation to the Friends of the Library in memory of Anita, please see our donation link in the lower right of this page. Or you may send a check to: Friends of the Napa Library, 580 Coombs Street, Napa, CA 94559.  Please indicate on your donation that you are remembering Anita.  Thank you.

Now that school is back in session and Labor Day is upon us, it is time for our third Book Sale of the Year. The Sale runs from Saturday, September 14, 2019 through Sunday, September 22nd. The Book Sales are the primary source of revenue for the Friends. We use the proceeds to sponsor programs at the library. Your generous support as donors and shoppers allows us to continue supporting these important community programs. Click here to see what programs we support.

We also have Member’s Only Daily Specials which are posted on this website every morning. So come back to this site every day during the sale to see what has been put on sale for that day.

The community has once again generously donated an incredible number of books since the May sale so we will have our usual depth and breadth of books, CD’s, and DVD’s to offer for sale.  We especially have a large number of books on Birding as well as a large number of Vinyl Records of many genres.

PRICES • All Hardcover Fiction, Non-Fiction and Reference – $2 • All Trade Paperback and other Large Paperback format – $2 • All Mass Market Paperbacks – $.50 • Special Priced Books – as marked • Children’s Books – $.50 • Special Priced Children’s Books – as marked • All CD’s – $2 • All DVD’s – $2

SCHEDULE
• Saturday, September 14 10am – 5pm • MEMBERS ONLY DAY
• Sunday, September 15 1pm – 5pm • LIBRARY NOW OPEN ON SUNDAYS!
• Monday, September 16 10am – 8pm
• Tuesday, September 17 10am – 8pm
• Wednesday, September 18 10am – 8pm
• Thursday, September 19 10am – 8pm
• Friday, September 20 10am – 5pm • HALF PRICED DAY
• Saturday, September 21 10am – 5pm • BAG DAY #1 – 1 BAG = $5
• Sunday, September 22 1pm – 5pm • BAG DAY #2 – 2 BAGS = $5

While you don’t need to be a member to shop after Saturday the 14th, you can still become a member or renew your membership at the sale.HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

The Friends of the Napa Library participated in the Napa Community Open House and Emergency Preparedness Fair held on Tuesday, June 4th.

Attendees at the Fair were greeted by 45 information tables, representing 11 of the County Departments. Information on disaster preparedness was available to all in English and Spanish. Along with the preparedness theme, there were representatives from the Napa Library. The Library staff signed up 105 children, teen & adult logs and 5 week logs for summer reading and made 20 new library cards.

The Friends of the Napa Library (FOL) staffed a table that featured free book giveaways for children. We gave away five (yes 5!) boxes of children’s books during the three hour fair. Those who were  young-at-heart also enjoyed browsing the books.  The Friends is frequently invited to community events to share books and the love of reading with the communty.  Our next event is the Library’s Summer Reading event held on Tuesday, July 30 at the Elk’s Club.  Click here for more information.

A wonderFOL time was had by all!

Seems like we just had a book sale (and a very successful one at that) but it is time for our pre-summer sale. Once again we have had incredible donations of books, DVD’s and CD’s from the community. The library also donates books that have been in circulation for a while and need to be passed on to our shoppers. That way they can make room for new books on their shelves and shoppers get to take home a classic or favorite for their shelves. You will notice that we have begun to sort fiction by popular authors. Check out the fiction sales area to discover if your favorite author is included. The number of books donationed determines which authors get their own box(es)!

DAYS and TIMES
Saturday, May 18 10am – 5pm **Members Only
Sunday, May 19 1pm – 5pm
Monday, May 20 10am – 8pm
Tuesday, May 21 10am – 8pm
Wednesday, May 22 10am – 8pm
Thursday, May 23 10am – 8pm
Friday, May 24 10am – 5pm Half Price Day
Saturnday, May 25 10am – 5pm Bag Day: 1 bag of books = $5!
Sunday, May 26 12pm – 5pm Bag Day #2: 2 bags of books = $5!
Members also receive daily specials. Check out this site for the daily specials. They are also posted at the sale. We look forward to seeing you at the sale.