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09/12/2018 02:16 PMWhere can you dig up rare book finds, bags of book bargains, your favorite storybook character created from a pumpkin, some great eats and activities, events and happenings? At the Sept. 27 – Sept. 30 Friends of the James Blackstone Memorial Library Book Sale on the Branford green.
Following this year's theme "More than Just Books," the Friends are also teaming up with Trinity Episcopal Church on the green to add some scheduled fun on Friday ("Hogwarts Happenings" with the Trinity Church Fair 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.) and Saturday (Community Day and the Trinity Church Fair). Sunday brings a new offering of an acoustic concert featuring Rob Glassman Music.
The big book sale will be back on the Branford green Thurs. Sept. 27 - Sun. Sept. 30. The book sale event is a huge draw, thanks in no small part to a gigantic tent the Friends fill with over 70,000 gently-donated books, all offered at rock-bottom prices. None of the books are from library inventory; all are donated to the Friends from the community throughout the year.
The Friends' annual book sale features over 20 categories of books as well as CDs, DVDs and more. The sale kicks off Thursday Sept. 27 with its 5 -7 p.m. Preview Event (free to Friends members, $15 to dealers and walk-ins; free admission from 7 p.m. – midnight). The sale continues Friday, Sept. 28 from 8 a.m. - midnight; Saturday, Sept. 29, 8 a.m. – midnight and Sunday, Sept. 30, noon -3 p.m. It features regular hardcover books for $3, trade paperbacks, $2, coffee table books $5 and up; pocket paperbacks 50 cents, DVDs $2 and CDs $1 (sets priced as marked). On Sunday, fill a Friends' provided extra-large bag (big enough for 20 hardcovers), for just $10.
On "Community Day" Saturday, Sept. 29, the Friends' book sale will share the green with Trinity Church's 111th annual Church Fair. The fair offers a blueberry Pancake Breakfast 7:30–10:30 a.m., lunch 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. and features a Silent Auction, Jewelry, Baked Goods, Tag Sale, Labyrinth, Kidz Corner, and kids' games. In addition, Community Day participants on Saturday will be bringing local environmental exhibits to the green, including those from Branford Land Trust, Friends of Outer Island, Shoreline Greenway Trail, Yale Peabody Museum's Geology Exhibit, and Boy Scouts of America.
Each day during the Friends' book sale, "Café Blackstone" will be selling Hummel hot dogs, baked macaroni and cheese by Shoreline Café, chocolate chip brownies, cinnamon buns, crumb cake, chips, lemonade, water and coffee.
Also every day during the sale, check out the display of creative story book character pumpkins, submitted by community participants for the Friends' Book Character Contest. Participants are invited to register in advance (email your name, book title and character; then deliver their pumpkin dressed-up, spray-painted or otherwise decorated as a favorite story book character (no carved pumpkins) on Wed. Sept. 26, between 1 – 6 p.m. Register by sending an email to friendspumpkincontest@gmail.com Winners selected by the Friends. First prize is a Fox Field Farm guided Horseback Ride; second prize is a Branford Arts Center parent and child Painting Session; third prize is a $25 FiredUp! gift certificate.
For more information on the book sale, visit www.booksalefinder.com (for list of hours, prices and additional details).